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<br /> <br />lUiB2C* <br /> <br />GJORCOLORADO WEST <br /> <br />P. O. Box 550 <br /> <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 <br /> <br />Phone (303)242-3264 <br /> <br />October 13, 1976 <br /> <br />.' 3 <br />0- n: - '\\/EO' <br />"t~'.:.i.~.... '..,. <br />OC12 g,~1i <br />. . OOLt.'N~Ttl\ . ..I>. <br />~._euAlW' <br />~.,... . <br /> <br /> <br />''>\,:':':, <br />~''''l~'<'': ~,<,,,. <br /> <br />..... MI;. DaVid.L.CJ;'andall <br />:,.'lteg19nal'DiJ;'eC:tor . <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />r.O.Bo:\[. 11$68 <br />Salt Lake City, Utah 81417 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Crandall: <br /> <br />Thank you for the opportunity of reviewing the draft.Environ- <br />mental Statement covering the Fruitland Mesa Project near Crawford, <br />Colorlldo. <br /> <br />It appears that the statement thoroughly and comprehensively <br />examinell all anticipated impacts from the construction and operation <br />of this project. <br /> <br />Club 20 notes with mounting concern the tendency to over~dra- <br />matizethe effects of water resource developDu~nt on various species <br />of fish and' wildl:l.fe. Themeasurelproposed 1n this report to ' <br />mitigate thea,lleged impacts .on deer population and habitat is a <br />case in point. <br /> <br />Even the tourists who visit th1s area, not to mention the resi- <br />dents theillselves,knowthattheaurestway to observe deer grlldng <br />" by the hl,mCl,reds'l.t.odrive inthe:lat~ af te'l,"noon Ilndeveninghours <br />pllst the irriglltedmeadow.. In.thehigh'D\ountain valleys.pf Western <br />,Colorado. The unrealistic claims by' w:l.1dlifeagendes and organiza- <br />tions that conv.ersion of.dJ;'yJ;'angelan,cl toirri,gatedmeadows and <br />cJ;'opland J;'esultsin'reduc:ed fOJ;'age fOJ;'deeJ;' cannot go unchallenged <br />indefinitely.. llel1ev:i.ng'a~wedothatthe advene effeCtS on wlld- <br />life are overstated, and that the mitigation proposals aJ;'e,moJ;'e than <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />, , <br />, . <br />, ' <br />E xPLdnECOLOJtADDWBST <br />