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<br />- <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />7 . <br />~ <br />1/ ' <br />. . I . <br />)am site Inc USlon <br />n wilderness asked <br /> <br />would be eliminated with the in- <br />clusion in the wilderness. <br />But both John Vanderhoof, presi- <br />dent of Club 20, and attorney Tam <br />Scott. the Pitkin County representa- <br />ti\"e on the river district board, tes. <br />tified that they would fa\'or the in- <br />clusion of the canyon in the <br />wilderness area. <br />Scott said that he disagreed witb <br />the river dist's. position. adding <br />that the district could obtain a <br />change in the point of diversion for <br />its water rights. <br />Vanderhoof testified that Club 20 <br />would favor the inclusion of the can- <br />yon if there was going to be action <br />on the bills in the next few months. <br />But he proposed that if there was <br />going to be a delay in the bills. a <br />stud)' of the inclusion should be <br />made. <br />"lore than 30 witnesses testified <br />at the hearings, including both con- <br />servationists and developers. <br />Conflicts between the various wit. <br />nesses centered around questions <br />pertaining to what lands should be <br />included in the two areas, with <br />many witnesses arguing that the <br />wilderness areas would affect the... <br />amount of water that could be di'" <br />verted to the east slope. I <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />11I".ICII J <br /> <br />GLENWOOD SPRINGS - The <br />esident of Club 20 and a member <br />the board of the Colorado River <br />rater Conservation DisC head- <br />uartered here were among a num- <br />er of witnesses who testified in <br />lvor of including the South Can- <br />on of the South Fork in the Flat- <br />DpS VVilderness area. <br />The testimony was delivered at <br />hearings held here Thursday b)' the <br />Senate Interior Subcommittee on <br />Environment and Land Resources <br />chaired by Sen. Floyd Haskell of <br />Colorado. <br />Being considered at the hear- <br />ings, which were also attended by <br />Fourth Congressional Dist. Rep. <br />James Johnson. were bills pro- <br />posed by Haskell and Johnson that <br />would create the Eagles Nest and <br />Flattops VVilderness Areas. <br />One of the points of the bills that <br />has caused some debate is the in- <br />clusion of the South Canyon of the <br />South Fork in the Flattops Wilder- <br />ness Area. <br />The water conservation dist. has <br />campaigned for the ~xclusion of <br />the canyon because the district has <br />been conducting studies of a water <br />collection project in the area that <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'-- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />SatisfactiooGuar.lnieed' Replacernentor f.1orJetjRefur,cW' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />----"-.. A <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />0993 <br />