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<br />in it: Thi~illrca includes -some of
<br />the niost globally signiliean t land
<br />. for Ct:lfi~~Tv8 ticn.. purposes;
<br />Stewart6i\id; becauseofthe spe.
<br />cies' of.pl~rits and:animnls. that.
<br />nre uniqu.e..to the world.
<br />;rStcwart,cxplaincd that most
<br />of the land surrounding the cur.
<br />rent 'monument; is :government
<br />.owned,. for .oxam.ple by. the Bu....
<br />reaU of Land.Management. and .
<br />the. U.S. ForestSerVice. The Na-
<br />ture Cons'ervanc:)r,also,manages
<br />andlot()wns nearbypropertYi but.:
<br />Stewart.:said- ,8. national park
<br />. weuld jltobably,not.absor.b much,.,
<br />'... of that landbec8use:it is:already ,;
<br />~ :,being-imanagedcin , a "way,.. that.:
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<br />Stewartsnid the group ncgoti. I
<br />8ting (or the DOCll 'will continue I'
<br />negotiating. -:rhc wny we would
<br />like to go is have II willing seller
<br />and 0 willing buyer. We nrc go.
<br />ing to try thnt pvcnuc first." i
<br />SteWArt added "we arc not the I
<br />only.bidders in tltiPf.war..There's
<br />eurrcnllysomeboclywith n higher :
<br />bid, and it's a wnter develop. !
<br />ment compnny." I
<br />He indiCAted that might be 1
<br />Enron, D mnjor internat.ionnl
<br />company 5uspt'cted of hAving i18
<br />eye on Colorado WAter.
<br />Stewart said the VAlley hM
<br />fought the water Wllr ngnin Rnd
<br />Il.go.in. "All we hAve to do i.'llose
<br />that war once and we don't get to
<br />light it anymore."
<br />. StcwnrtsAidothcrA w<,rc n"k('r1
<br />to purchase t.he Dacil. For e:<.
<br />ample, the Nnture COll~{'rvnncy
<br />was asked ifit wonted to huy the
<br />Baca to protect the nllturnl re.
<br />sources, nnd it was not inter.
<br />ested in oCQuiringnny more Vi'll.
<br />Icy land. "We were hopin~ some
<br />Hollywood stors would pllrchMe
<br />that whole lIrCR noel put it into
<br />protection. It turns out our hcst.
<br />luck is going to be with thc fed.
<br />eral government... We did try to
<br />find other pcople. We did look."
<br />Now is the time to t.ry to AC'
<br />quire this property to preserve
<br />it, and the Valley'!; water,
<br />Stewart said. "We needed to do
<br />something nbout it now. It's an
<br />option thAt may be existing in n
<br />small window....
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<br />Bacabidding war I
<br />L . . ..begiris. . .;
<br />As he announced lost week, :
<br />the purchase of the Bncn is cru. I
<br />cial to this project. "This pur.
<br />chase is n major component we r
<br />want to look nt," Stew:1rt re. ,
<br />peated Wcdnesdny night. )
<br />I'We have nn ngent mAking nn I
<br />offer 10 the currenlowners of the i
<br />BRCR nnd t.here arc negotintions j
<br />in progress," Stcwnrt "nil!. .
<br />Theorrcr i,;bncked hy the Lnnd, IL
<br />Waler nnd ConscrvAtion Fund,
<br />r;et up for tnking ~Iobnlly siJ:"niri-1
<br />cRnt regions in privntc propcrt~ I
<br />nnd putting them into public.
<br />trust, Stewart snid, I
<br />Stewart SAid "we mnde nn of. 1
<br />fer. We thought wc had it. We' ;
<br />thoughtwcwcrcJ:"oingtobcnblc' .1
<br />to announce we hnel it nnd we'
<br />could do something. This is nn \
<br />opportunity. The lnst time we I.
<br />tried to purchAse thc Dncn well
<br />were short $3 million. Thil'l time
<br />we might be short $5 million, I
<br />and if it slips through our 'fin.
<br />I gers. we could never recover, we
<br />might never recover." I
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