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<br />002852 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Statement of David W. Walker <br />on S. 1029, The Colorado Wilderness Act of 1991 <br />Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources <br />Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests <br />June 18, 1991 <br /> <br />Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: <br /> <br />I appreciate the opportunity to appear today on behalf of Governor Roy Romer, Ken <br /> <br />Salazar, Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and the Colorado <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board of which I am the Director. <br /> <br />I also want to thank Senators Wirth and Brown for successfully negotiating a <br /> <br />compromise wilderness protection act that contains a reasonable balance on the issues of <br /> <br />water supplies for those areas being designated. They have accomplished what has been <br /> <br />beyond our reach for over ten years. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board, Governor Romer and Director Salazar are <br /> <br />all convinced that enactment of S. 1029, as introduced, is in the best interests of Colorado's <br /> <br />citizens. We are convinced because the legislation primarily deals with headwater areas, <br /> <br />some of Colorado's most spectacular places, but ones not desirable or feasible for water <br /> <br />storage projects for our future water supply needs. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board has been a participant in the fruitless <br /> <br />efforts to resolve the water supply controversy over the past decade and is well versed in the <br /> <br />issues. The Board is satisfied that the Wirth-Brown compromise achieves the two essential <br />