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<br />'ell - -:- <br /> <br />i ~'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />':'~UJAN ' <br />; , <br />I (Continued from P.ge 1) <br />I Dam in Tennessee. <br />Lujan questioned the priorities. <br />involved with th~ Endangered Spe- <br />cies Act. And said he would like to <br />see the law applied in a different <br />way," <br />"Do we l"!ave to save endangered <br />species no matter where they are?" <br />he said. <br />Lujan pointed out that the San <br />, Juan River isn't the only habitat <br />i where squaw fish are found. <br />Squaw fish are also living in the <br />Gunnison, Green, White, Yampa <br />and Colorado rivers. But according <br />. to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife bio- <br />togical study "the last remaining <br />stronghold is the Green_River basin <br />but even there the population does <br />not seem to be increasing." <br />" It would set a precedent if the <br />", government decided to protect a <br />. species .only in certain pla~, Lujan <br />acknowledged. <br />The Department of Interior also <br />oversees the Bureau of Indian Af- <br />fairs. As a rrustee of Indian lands, <br />the secretary said he has an obliga- <br />tion to protect the rights of Indians <br />as well as uphold the Endangered <br />Species Act, <br />"What is higher - the Endan- <br />gered Species Act or the U.s. gov- <br />ernment's trust responsibility to <br />: the Indians?" L,yan asked." .. <br />[I. . The Animas-La Plata Project is <br />, ; tied ro, a. water rights settlement <br />,agree,ment signed between the <br />, state' of Colorado, Department of <br />I. Interior and Southern Ute and Ute <br />Mountain Ute tribes. In exchange <br />" for dropping a lawsuit against the <br />government for water rights, the <br />Indians were granted project water <br />from the Animas' La Plata. The <br />agreements are void if the project <br />doesn't deliver water to them ar- <br />ound the year 2000. It's estimated <br />the project will take 12 years to <br />build. <br /> <br />,."",""" <br /> <br />IJ L 7'5U q Ll"'ZEGi U':: <br />'J"';; '-' ~...... ilL <br />. 1'111/12/ 1'190 <br />