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2' ,''' OrJ ,,' U AO.1 ~:~~J~ A press release was issued in October 1973, describing project status at the time. Subsequently, press releases announcing the public informa tion meetings were sent to the Denver media and to sma ller loca I ?:.:.. . .;.::~. '.:. '.-'-' papers. Local papers and media did not receive notice, however, of the firs t public information meeting in January, Despite the pres s releases, the media did not see the Upper South Platte Unit as an important matter until the announcement by the representative of the Governor on June 13, 1974, at a public information meeting, that he was. opposed to any of the three prospective reservoir sites. Thereafter, an article of some kind regarding Two Forks or its alternatives appeared in the Rockv Mountain ~~~'-';~qr:~~;;: News, Denver Post, local papers and in the broadcast media everday for two weeks and periodically thereafter. At the ini tial meeting organizing the Steering Committee, attendees suggested that a number of other additional public, private, and citizen organizations be invited to become members of the Committee, Fifteen agencies were added to the Committee, if they wished to send representa- tives. Later, representatives of the three potential reservoir areas were added to the Committee, and two environmental organizations representa- tives were added in March and May 1974. Some members of the Committee have strong views regarding the nature and extent of public participation, principally including the reservoir area representatives. Thier critical comments regarded late participation, as well as of the proposals themselves. Other criticisms were made about the timeliness of the meeting-notices, meeting conduct, thoroughness of the study, the responses made to questions and comments, and the length and nature of presenta tions.