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~' , . .: ,'~, . '" / C- , I ./i" /1 J,G-- ~fl&~JY --------. t, '-~' "They (initiative opponents) arc \Vhy that additional water was grasping at straws to cover up their needed is a question Brandon said he illegal practices, The pumping they has 'never receivc'd an answcr to, . arc doing now is actually drying up "There is no real answer from the wetlands: Leaving that water in the State Engineer, rhe Bureau of necJa- 'aquifer will 'replenish and benefit malion or the Rio Grande Water Con- wetlands;" he said, "This pumping servation District. The best answer has. already ruined the 50,000 acre' we can fiild is that water is pumped 'BisonRaneh,ThcWhitcRanch,origi-' from Ihe sehoollands to make up for' nally worth $2,000 per acre in 19l!.7;-':; \ii0' illegal diversions of river water bi,'.wa~,\~ri~.~ up by this practiceand.sold,'''.'S';':;; junior warer rights holders belonging tot,~c.\!%ureau of RecJall)ation for $85 ',', '. to the Rio Grande \Vater Conserva. 'per:acr'e','" lion District," he said, , And, while the scenario BrandOfl . I paints would beat best. improper, and I :Jt worst, illeg:Jl, it is another case of, . i the regulatory authority being an ac- tively involved part of the problem; he said, "The only people with the authority to make them stop arc their friends ilnd fellow club members in the Rio Grande WaterConsefvalionDisrrier," Brandon said. "When the crooks arc the cops and the cops arc the crooks, il is up to you to make them stop. Tllat's why you arc vOling on this . " :' Jssue, ,_..._B.randon....5aid_c1aims ,JllC-,ilmc]Jd-...... : ment, would harm the environment. " ,byreducingthcamoulltofwatcravai]; ," able to the Monte Vista anel Alamosa ' ,National Wildlife' Refuges arc "ri-', diculous,"