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<br />.~and 'Junctton, Colorado
<br />'nteoall)'.."tI".,Sunday, May 13,1990'
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<br />". CLUll'Sunlollclted fax transmission' l:Io, citia,nl forced local referenda, eh? Well, evell
<br />'lir ifqcn lasl 'l'uelda)' alter-lloon, a few the Sierra Club knows that federal law requires local
<br />rthe tI,S. FII~ 811d Wildlife Sel'Yiee om. I" electionundvoter approvaUleroretlle project can go
<br />, eell its 'romal oppotlllon to the pain. ahead, And In both of the 8ff1cted Colorado and New
<br />'. " .t.kinJily crilted Animas-La Pia. Mexico conservanc)'dlS~C!l, the llrojoK:t was ~n.,,'
<br />-'.' ta water project between Duran.' 'dol'led rather handl!)',. . '" '. ___ _,;.I._............~ '
<br />go and'Farmlnston, N,M,' "The' erotch.ty Sierra Club go.. on to fret, "Recent
<br />"CplIJervat!onists Ipoke out to. , sllrve)'l have shown that the project .rea haa three to
<br />dR)' III support of tbe U.S, FIsb five timeethe number of bald easlel th.t the Bureau
<br />and Wildlife Service's bloloslcal .' estimated in 1980," Now there's an end.ngered spe.
<br />opinion on the proposed Anima.. i:, cies, unlike the low!)' squawlish,thatthe Sierra Club
<br />La Plata proJect," the presl 1'8- ,~' know, mo.t AmericllIl can feel w.rm and fuz~ abouL
<br />lea.e \legan. "', But 10 what? Even U.S. Filh .nd Wildllf, biologists,
<br />How presumptuous, I thought ~: tllChnocrets who senerally worship side b)' Itde with ,
<br />to myself. I consider myself a con-' I, Sierra Clubbers in the Church ofHlsh Environmental
<br />servadonlst and the Sierra Club:, Do.ma, lal4 In last week'iopiniOIJ that the projec~ ';
<br />lure as heU wun'hpeaking forme. ,., ,: will not jeopardize bald easles. "'.,:,:'"'' " , '
<br />Of course, presumptuouln~slleemingly lea manda- 'j" OK, '0 eag!eH,n't ItOP the proJ,"- Then bow about. . .
<br />tol')' character trail for the hlsh prie.ts and '~thlS Sierra Club stretch! "Documenll obtained from
<br />priestesses ot tbe orpnlzed religion tbat II tod8)"1 " , tile Fish and Wildlife Service under.a Freedom ofIn-
<br />environmental movemenL So. too, iJ a willingneaa to, formation Act request )'esterday're"8aled that the
<br />reaort to half-truthl, talse inferences and outrl.ht de. ':~New Mexico Department of Game and Fish had ex.
<br />ceptlon to preas the ICHlalled "environmental" al'Sll- ,', .- ' preaaed cbllcernl about the endansered peregrine
<br />ment against Anlmas'La Plata. La.t Tuesd.y's Sierra ' f,lconand yet another rare lish, the roundtall chub,"
<br />Club pre.s. release olTers /lIIlnltructlve IlIlon In the ;>., Heck, one wonders' why New Melttco wildllfe om.
<br />art ot dell(.lt'ion as practiced II)' the Sierra Club' and ' , cen didn't mention a "concern" for grlzz!)' hears, tlll!-
<br />all too mill1(1ike-mindedellvlronmentalll'Oups." . ber wolv.., whooping cranes, two-headed gila mon-
<br />. COlIJider thIs howler, advanced as on~ of, bandM : ~';!' I~rs, unicorns and other lundl')' obscure Cauna, real
<br />, , of reason, the Sierra Club thlnkl Anlmu,La Plata ." 'or otherwise, , " ' '
<br />~ Should be IIIl1ed: . . , .' ',' . :' ,~ ' :;" '.'," .:', And thereln'li.. the preseripllon tor how this par-
<br />~ "The Citi~ns for Better Tribal Government, a sroup ", tlcular same of political hardballls plR)'e,d, An ~noll)" ,
<br />2: within the Southern Ute lodlall tribe, have filed SUIt ,. moul feder,l wildlife omcer, pre'ulllptively s:vmpa-
<br />g in Colorado ~te court over the contested result ora '!betic il moat of us are to the contltlued ulstence of
<br />I' recent elecUolJ. which sought to recall nve memben . all finned and furry creaturel, exprelfes an "official"
<br />'.' .,',:.'.. of the .overnint._councll wllo support tjheTTrlhbe'S parll- ,concern, valid or not, about. crll~r on inmteml ell allen-:
<br />licipation In the Animas.La Plata pro ect. e reca .. of documents. And voila! There It Is, An 0 c a paper.
<br />alectton apparently, succeeded b)' ,one vote, but lhe'lfall and ll'Ounds for a frivolous, but interminable, '
<br />!' relult has.ince been challenged." , , ,.' , l,awsult b)' the Ukel oflbe Sierra Club. " ,
<br />.. The clear'lmpllcatlon oUhe preceding, techni~all)' .,:" The Sierre Club.should be ashamed ofltself,lts Iltl.
<br />~, correct, ob.ervation Is thllt ,!be nve tribal council ,', l\l' of outu.eous distortion on Animas-La Plata ia.a\..
<br />Ii'...' members were tarseted for recall because of their . "moat enoush to make JOllph Goebbell, Hltler'l chief
<br />support for Animal-La Plata. ~othlns could be fur. ' o!propaglnda, blush. .",
<br />ther from the truth, What the Sierra Club doesn:tsay". ,Bulldlns respect for the squawfiah and other endan-
<br />i. that lhe controvel'S)' wal provoked by a coun~ll de- ,i,ered species deserves to be cultivlted II an Imporl-
<br />~ elslon to cut back on Individual Indian entitlement ~ Int human value. By resonlnl to deceit in the .ervice
<br />~ payments and instead use the aavins8 for Internel '. , ollts Inherently negative and un)'leldlns enviroll,men-
<br />1\. tribal development. ' : tal dOllllatlsm, the Sierra Club diminishes luch 1'8-'
<br />~. Then Ihere is this masterpiedce ot dlssemblahnce: IpecL '
<br />"Cltlzenl in both ColoradO an New Mexico ave '" ; ,
<br />forced local ,.terenda to get ~ilIzen input on their
<br />local sovernments' participation in ALP. Although
<br />both elections ended In citizen approval of local fund-
<br />Ing contributions to ALP, the illue has been hol1~
<br />contested In San Juan County, N.M, .and .In the Duran- '
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