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<br />~"". <br /> <br />---~,~~,'--"' "'" <br /> <br />>' <br /> <br />SIoaewaIIJoIJ. f: -.., I:lf',; <...' <br />Fqd with -on endIeii ~Wilfjc;b: <br />according 10 Natimal W'dllllte' F<der8tiOii <br />water specialist Dayid Cqfiad, 1hl: l'e&ial <br />lion .ued the W..tern A..ll 'Power ~ <br />mioistratim iD 19S5, cluUglhli't1IaiWAPA <br />has consistently failed' to <CdnsiOei' the <br />direct implications' of Olen CanyOn <br />~agmenton theenviro~l arid fsUed <br />to consider any altemallveg lfu, 1DIlOIigc! <br />power production with aDY depc" O(.~o:. <br />vironmental sensitivity." Q}.plainiiffs in <br />~ case include the Grand Canyon T~ <br />American Rivers, and the Western'RJver <br />Guidei Assoclatim who tosCt1#"Wlib <br />FrielidsOftheRlver~nowFailni':U(w ; <br />a major cariipalgD'lIl fottO'c.."'I'iiDiI <br />action.-"'" ',~.' ',\Itlr:'~';-;J j;'~""'I, <br />Martin ilttm -'j,u;" rly~ guide ai.d <br />lifelong Western activist ~dOeinjt iniDce <br />words in his description ofWAPAand ill <br />Western constituency. 81, ,It. 'bunch of <br />Neande '~i.s:'~iikillldie <br />" ,niooey and ne~er reiumiog it. <br />" ,pOCtftee snziog.ftee ~ ~'" <br />'togs,: and free. water." His fellow river ':\ii <br />guides have bonded tose1her io the hope of ' <br />turning 15.000 passengers . year into <br />~i"g ambusadon for savios the Oraod ~ <br />", "r". fruoi~WAPA alld the:Glen,; <br />, yooEodlesi Sludies" prosnm. . <br />Rather than watt for the OCBS proceIS <br />, ~ -io ,nut its.mUfSC, the boatmen and envifoo. -. ( <br />. "'""!a1iJts.... "8fOO.d. thai Coqmsimal <br />. sctlot\ I. needed to fOl<e the guYemmeol'. <br />hand.' At their strategy meeting lii'l <br />_ Flagstaff. the river activists agreed to bd <br /> <br />tha'"it woold be harder to take dowo thon <br />it was to put up, but it would..y a wonder- <br />ful thing about hwnans. that we've ma-- <br />turedenough tocorrectourmistake.1t Even <br />fonner Secretary Udall; advocating <br />m8nagment"in a baIaDc::e.;I way to serve all <br />the purpcliOs,~'"sometime io the <br />next 2S 10 .~: it may come to the <br />forefrootOiidmeiitilerioUs consi_." <br />\l\\ll'c!!i'li1iw~(1he. GniiidCanym problem <br />. ,lso'foiitheCoqmsimal~ioaoy <br />,\ toIm:~L8st'year, legilJltl~iDabdate <br />minimum flows fromthedamdied without <br />a ~iDg.. Bnviro!lfDCotillsts seeking <br />~'i .,..""'" <br />. . .' '. ..' . beWGtiIId <br />6dl~prot.cilm have ~ told tha, <br />-.... . Ii t1 p1.r....' :Thecunon. . t <br />.".g. ........y,. "..L_.. <br />. - -uHon.;Jo kiwi' <br />" . .' tI.... deleptioolll <br />. , M>dioa for the Cen1r1ll <br />Ulalt <br />.', . . .... JIlWi'iJleii' <br />~.yon.'.ImeiI. lifi$Pj.:;~.~~. onty, <br /><Jeori6Millei,fiiii .. "l:Pnltti.gpeiJple <br />aDd their iopreiefttatlvi:sln Coosress he' <br />hind the ideaof..viog the Graod Canyon <br />may soond euy, butitwon't be. More than <br />puhlic ootrase will be needed to disable <br />the~.Wpull. ticaI~~.' thai... ~l<8pOII8ibl. <br />for wasblng'1he.'.yniootanym beaches <br />InloWe Me8cr';'addioS, "People haye to <br />~the_o(the.tradeoll'-o <br />pteciobs and, irreplaceable itacural <br />......n:e,.or .... cheap eIeclricity for a <br />d:1O~IIHew/" ~$4::;i ,Tl;',~ ' <br />. BrueeBabbilt8\l88Oll8thai' Cmsress <br />mlisilbi>~f1fCut;'..ying that "what yoo <br />do'"beh dle~Deplrtnteot'-of ,Interior <br />stCJnewaUa yoU- ',is--)'du go to the United <br />States O:mg~ss 'and' use the political <br />proct88;The Graod Cailyoo has olo1'of <br />~&!IpVerthiSC\lUIIIty.r.,:, ' <br />":i .-.'. .' ";.:' <br />WIuoI V... can Do"I <br />"\Wri"'lllRep:~ Mi1Ii:r snd Seo. <br />!lill.B~, the. COogressiona1 subcom- <br />inltide:.chai1'ine.r'~ible for Glen <br />Canyoo!lallL Asktbemtotakeactioo oow <br />lIl.iIDp....lIest!l!C\lOllofihe beaches in the <br />oiahd 'Caoybn! ReqU..i thllt they hold <br />~ ond pasiJe&islation roqulring the <br />ilqlouIineot of InIoiIbf III .Iop the "peak, <br />ing J>OWOI" ",leases ~ toadoptoperming <br />cri_ for Glen ~yoo IJaoi which will <br />PiorectdoWnsboim resotiltesio theGraod <br /> <br />C8Q.yOn. ;'~,;; .__t, "".;", ' <br />"Rop:' Geotgi: Miller; tbainnan, Hoose <br />In,terlor ~;'ubcOllJlDittee 00 Water and <br />POtier, U;S. 1ioU.oe' of Repl<8CIIlBti..., <br />Washiogtoll, D.C. 20515.' Seo. Bill Brad- <br />ley, <ihai/lIl8ll/Senale FnersY Subcom, <br />mi.... on Watoc snd Power, U.S. Senate, <br />Wuhington, D.C. 20510 <br /> <br /> <br />'. ~--- - -~ <br />". ..', . <br />a le8ls!ative ~ which would ,e, <br />qoiie Iorlii!or to produce snd implerilenl a <br />,plall of ._lion for. Glen Canyoo Dam <br />tb.h~ ilDpthe degradatim of ssnd <br />l>ais.~'... J;aDyOO witbilltwo yeats. ..', <br />. ,~ sl,l,pllfity of 1he Jll'OIIO'lII,. they <br />. . '. II <br />, . . leU' <br />. boiitid. . o.ill teclmica1 minutiie. For <br />:,~uiioolhiok'thatCmg,..s I1toWd <br />"pasilegialadm teUing WAPAexactlyhOw <br />. much water to .release at ever} hour: of <br />every day, leaving no room for discretion. <br />An aIleniiitiyeto IIl8lUIIing forpeaking <br />" P",!"',wlth ilB highly fluctuating !!ow? <br />wQu~d;be .management for. basel()ad <br />wwer; ieteasing a slCady sire8m of water <br />aoiiIajlnxluciriga steady....... of power. <br />. As \a "result of- slandaI:d ratemaking <br />.moc:hanisms thertwould beaboo1ute1y no <br />c.Ii'to t!.e. Federal trca8orj, accOrdln, to <br />. oft EDvirOmnentaI Defense Fund. Never~ <br />theled, this is seen .. a entirely radical <br />~, abIIost beymd the realm of 00- <br />~on.: by ~t environmentalisti ~ <br />ollitrpOrlicipan". " <br />. 0,;' '. <br /> <br /> <br />llIiiDootle~l>am7 . <br />:'1iie reauy nidicaI propoaal,di~t1ilig <br />~. daw..~ ",.IlIininS. the Colorado iii. i.. <br />_rail...., is bey<>nd the pale. and 1101 <br />iOOUiIu '!'f seriously eVen by tbose. who <br />would like bi see i' happen. When prOssed <br />io~Ootfie~ts,onescienti8t~, <br />flit's o<t many a posiibility 81 fat .. I can <br />tell The Iliueao is entrenched eooush snd <br />the""......sh mmey beiDS made--' $60 <br />miniOn a year by hydropower prodoctim <br />ol.ld something 011 the order of $14 mi1Iioa <br />directly from riyernmning.aootber..... <br />of miUim from fisheries, snd aU 1M .. <br />iociated iodustri.. .... probably kictlog io <br />something on the onIer of $30 rmDiooa <br />year. That'. a lot of money. snd thiS is. <br />..any depJesaed .....: ' <br />Dave Brower 8Ug<sIa that he "would <br />1ike to~tiiedaiDco\1apae ofi.. owofaul- <br />ty construction:. 'they Ive got Lake MCad, I <br />doo', tbit1lt they' oeed Lake !'Owen. What <br />is misSing is Glen Canyon." Litton muses <br />