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<br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /><-" -6' <br />/ ,,- <br />r' ROUGH DRAFT <br />RWILLlAMS:lks <br />5/9177 <br /> <br />Until 1968, America's <br /> <br />ELK WILD AND SCENIC RIVER STUDY <br /> <br />./1 <br />pol icy was to develop~its <br /> <br />rivers. harness their <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />power and distribute their water. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act <br />changed that 1:., rn..;cl:"'~ !l".. tl.. p,...u.."...+;.... ~f e.e~I..,~ ~4/'C.t~.1 "'IIC'"r tNJ..; L <br />"r"..~".. 6"'1~,....JI'I ...~.......{.'I. S'c:....;c. I ,.#.,...-Iu~.J. ~C'.I..,;c. .f,;i. .-1 WI~/"J;/~. <br />J.:.I.,.,..\ e~/i.v,.J . tHo &,.tAtt,. r';"""/or ....t...ft.." <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />The Act immediately put parts of ei9ht rivers into the Wild and <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Scenic Rivers SY~,tem, preserved in their present state for the <br />-S <br />~ <br />enjoyment of present and future generations, and listed other for <br />~ <br /> <br />study. <br /> <br />Qualifying rivers, those which are free flowing and possess certain <br /> <br /> <br />"outs tandingly remarkabl e" character; s tics, are added to the Sys tern <br /> <br /> <br />as amendments to the Act. Rivers are added to the study list __ or <br /> <br /> <br />dropped after consideration -- in the same manner. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />A 1975 amendment placed parts of 12 Colorado rivers on the study <br /> <br /> <br />list. One of these was the Elk, from Clark to its ~ource. Of <br /> <br /> <br />these 12 the Dolores river study is completed; the others are in <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />varyin9 stages of study. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />J <br />'J <br />. <br /> <br />Personnel from the Routt National Forest. U.S. Department of Agriculture. <br /> <br /> <br />and the Colorado Department of Natural Resources form the study team <br /> <br />15GB <br /> <br />.t..... <br />~-,~~ <br />~.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br /> <br />~.. <br />'1f~' <br /> <br />j. <br />, <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />'i"i4 <br />,...... <br /> <br />.';~ f <br />" <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />',< <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />1--" <br />- <br /> <br /><. <br /> <br /> <br />~~.,.~~~~~t~;'lIi~~~i:"~~'~ <br />.t",-t:'..... '_"'., . ' .'. . <br />. ,. F ,... . ". <br /> <br />-- <br />