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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8220.106
Description
Animas-La Plata
State
CO
Basin
San Juan/Dolores
Water Division
7
Date
5/3/1990
Author
Unknown
Title
Endangered Species Information Packet- (incomplete)
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Wirth {Sheftel <br />Page 5 <br />May 2, 1990 <br /> <br />October 13, 1983, as part of our research effort on this species. ." This <br />letter is attached hereto as Exhibit "E." The Department of the I nterior has <br />failed in its duty under the Stipulation settling this case. The Service failed <br />to notify the Southwestern Water Conservation District of any additional <br />squawfish stocking pursuant to Paragraph S. In the response to a telephone <br />call from Sam Maynes, the District's attorney, to Reed Harris, Bureau Office, <br />Salt Lake City, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit "F, Il it is clear that at <br />least four other squawfish stockings have taken place. The stocking <br />procedures could have allowed the introduction of endangered fish into the <br />San Juan River after the 1962 killing of "trash fish." <br /> <br />IV. Promise to Colorado Ute Tribes. <br /> <br />Through a long and difficult negotiations process undertaken with good will <br />and determination, the Indians and non-Indians of southwest Colorado were <br />able to conclude a Final Settlement Agreement which resolves the Southern <br />Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes' reserved water rights claims. The Ser- <br />vice's intransigent stance threatens to go back on commitments made by the <br />federal signers of the Final Settlement Agreement. The Tribes have been <br />patient and have trusted the honorable intentions of those in the government <br />who have pledged to protect their interests and to help them develop their <br />tribal resources through wise storage and fair distribution of the waters of <br />rivers that should serve their reservations and their people. If water proj- <br />ects elsewhere have been approved, why not this one? Did not the United <br />States Government promise that after the studies were completed, construction <br />would begin? Indian people are not strangers to broken treaties and prom- <br />ises. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe entered into the settlement negotiations <br />in good faith and with honor. The Service's position does not comport with <br />the commitment of the federal government. <br /> <br />V. Impact on Non-Indian Water Users in Southwestern Colorado. <br /> <br />As a result of the thousands of hours of diligent effort by hundreds of <br />people at all levels of government, the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights <br />Settlement Agreement was executed on December 10, 1986. This agreement <br />will avoid litigation which could have taken years, caused enormous uncer- <br />tainties about water rights, cost millions of dollars, and pitted Indians against <br />their non-Indian neighbors. Such litigation would most certainly have ad- <br />versely affected the development of both the Indian and non-Indian economies <br />in southwestern Colorado and created bitterness and distrust between the <br />Indians and their non-Indian neighbors. The people who live and work in <br />southwestern Colorado have long taken pride in the relationship with their <br />Indian friends and neighbors and our neighbors in New Mexico, and are <br />proud of the settlement to resolve the area dispute over water. <br /> <br />The Service's stance in the Section 7 consultation for the Animas-La Plata <br />Project will endanger the livelihood of non-Indians in southwestern Colorado <br />and endanger their good relationship with their Indian neighbors. We, <br />
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