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<br />Wirth says agency may seek mitigation plan for squawfish
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<br />tive," Wirth said., in exchange for giving up their wa-
<br />Asked that "very positive" ter claims, Wirth said.
<br />meant, Wirth replied, "I got the im- Other Colorado politicians were
<br />Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan pression he may have already done scrambling to set up their own
<br />is "very sympathetic" to the it." meetings wlth Lujan and other of-
<br />Animas-La Plata water project, The Colorado Democrat said he ficials to discuss mitigation. Sup-
<br />even though his agency's Fish & and Lujan also talked about the In- porters of the project contend the
<br />Wildlife Service has issued a jeo- terior Department's role as trustee ,Fish & Wildlife Service ignored aI-
<br />partiyopiniop thai woUld kill the ,for the uie In&iilil'w"Uirnghtsdf 'ternati~es rk~!..!!.ould w,2rk, incluik':
<br />. "UDdeoaking.~n.,TJ!ij; ~Ilo' po iiroj~:i ish.GiICilii goverrirneut -:ng;i.djtisiingreleils~frQIn~exiStiRt;
<br />\ ' , " Cb!o!."saidweane.dif.:,;.iY::i,.: ',{.could beOliabl~ fo~'heavy damagC!s ,reservoirs,~ compensate~e '
<br />. "",~'4.1'>;wjm'riiayhave aJieady directea, to the tribes because they have been 'water taken by the yet-to-be-built
<br />; >':, the agency to do more work on the guaranteed water from the project Animas-LaPlata. '
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<br />\.,,' , ~j:l'~~~~~:I~~::~~:TueS~ay. Wirth
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<br />, "': ' ~'The water project, designed to
<br />deliver water to ranchers and cities
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<br />northwestern New Mexico and to
<br />two Ute Indian tribes, cannot be
<br />built because further depletions
<br />from the San Juan River Basin
<br />would further endanger the Color-
<br />ado squawr.sh.
<br />Groundbreaking on' the $422
<br />million project had been set for this
<br />month, with project supporters be-
<br />lieving their decades-long battle
<br />for water had been won and a last-
<br />, ing agreement signed with the
<br />Indians.', " ~~'il .1"<:,; ",'- ,':,; H.
<br />Wirth said in a telephone inter-
<br />, view from Washington that he met
<br />earlier in the day with Lujan.
<br />"I said it was imperative for him
<br />:< to send the Fish & Wildlife and Bu-
<br />";,', . rellU of Reclamation back to fmd a
<br />'.';' ' mitigation plan. There has to be ,
<br />, o~e, and he (Lujan) was very posi-
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<br />By Ellen Miller
<br />Associated Press Writer"
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