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<br />LAKE POWELL from Page lA
<br />tiliciallake, Lake Powell has serv-
<br />ed lor the past 20 years as a mas-
<br />sive water bank lor 1I00d conlrol,
<br />lor 'hydroelectric power and lor
<br />guaranteeing steady water sup-
<br />plies to Phoenix, Las Vegas and
<br />LoS Angeles.
<br />Lake Powell has also become a
<br />runaway recreational success sto-
<br />ry. Lasl year, 2.5 million. people
<br />visited lhe remote lake that is lour
<br />hours lrom Grand Junction.
<br />. Ollhese visitors to Glen Canyon
<br />National Recreation Area, most 01
<br />which i$ in Utah, almost 1.8 millio.
<br />camped overnighl, just under thE
<br />2.1 million who stayed at YosemitE
<br />National Park, the nation's most
<br />'popular camping area.
<br />Lulled by those numbers, Ie"
<br />people took it seriously last yea.
<br />when David Brower, the lounder 01
<br />. .the Sierra Club, proposed that thE
<br />lake be drained.
<br />. II that were done, he said, thE
<br />flooded scenery 01 Glen Canyo!
<br />.would be recovered and a wild riv.
<br />er habitat would be restored 10.
<br />'endangered lish in the Grand Can
<br />.yun, 40 miles downstream.
<br />. To many people's surprise, thl
<br />plan has gained momenlum. Las
<br />;November, the executive board o.
<br />,the Sierra Club, an organizatiol
<br />.with 600,000 members, unanimous
<br />Iy endorsed the plan.
<br />Organized opposition to the pia.
<br />has lormed only recently.
<br />, "People are only now beginninl
<br />,to wake up to this threat," sail
<br />'Larry Tarp, a retiree who tWI
<br />.months ago organized Friends 0
<br />Lake Powell. "II they get ,rid 0
<br />'I. ,tbis dam, tbey would go Cor tb,
<br />next one, and then the next one.O'
<br />r 'On Tuesday, Tarp is to tesUfy b
<br />;Wasbington at bearings on tb,
<br />lake-drainage proposal called b:
<br />Rep. James Hansen, R-Utah.
<br />. Brower, 84, who has spent half
<br />century batUing the governmen
<br />'over environmental issues, plans t
<br />,lestify about the lost beauty c
<br />'Glen Canyon.
<br />"That dam destroyed one oC th
<br />most magnificent places on Ear!
<br />.in order 10 have flatwater recrE
<br />ation," be said from bis home i
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