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<br />"-,,, <br />' ;<' ~ 1 <br />./-, <br /> <br />" <br />':", <br /> <br />PAGE 8 <br /> <br />BY CONGRESS TO DETERr1ItJE THE ADVISABILITY OF INCLUDItJG HUrlDREDS OF <br /> <br />mLES OF OUR STREAMS INTO THE NATIONAL WILD RIVERS SYSTEr~. EACH OF THE <br /> <br />THREE PROJECTS HAS BEEN CAREFULLY REVI EvlED BY ST.~TE AGEf!CIES AND MY <br /> <br />STAFF FOR EtJVIRONflENTAL CONCERtJS. fiE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY r~ODIFIED ASPECTS <br /> <br />OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAD DETRIf1ENTAL ENVI RONMENTAL H1PACTS. \'IH I LE NOT <br /> <br /> <br />. ALL IMPACTS HAVE BEEN AMELIORATED, orl BALMCE THESE PROJECTS ARE <br /> <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND. <br /> <br />FOR THOSE WHO LAUD THE PRESIDH!T'S DECISION AS AN ENvIRormENTAL <br /> <br />ACHIEVEMENL I CAIJ ONLY PREDICT THAT INCOLORADO IT rlAY RESULT IN PYRRHIC <br /> <br /> <br />VICTORY. COLORADO WILL SEE ITS WATERS FULLY DEVELOPED IN THE COMING YEARS. <br /> <br /> <br />TO ASSUME OTHERWISE \>IOULD IGNORE THE THOUSANDS OF CmlDITIONAL DECREES <br /> <br />ON EACH OF OUR STREArlS AND RIVERS AND THE CLEAR REALITY THAT CERTAIN <br /> <br />PARTIES HAVE THE ECONOMIC RESOlIRCES TO STORE AND DEVELOP OUR REMAINING <br /> <br />UlJUSED \~ATERS. I THINK IT ~IILL BE DISCOVERED THAT SOME ALTERtlATIVE USES <br /> <br />OF THIS WATER ~JILL INFLICT FAR GREATER Er!VIRONt1ENTAL DAMAGE UPON THE <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO THAN IS NOW PROPOSED BY THE THREE AUTHORIZED <br /> <br />RECLAMATION PROJECTS. <br /> <br />WE r1UST REFLECT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE OF PUBLIC \>lATER PROJECTS <br /> <br /> <br />AS OPPOSED TO PRIVATE \~ATER DEVELOPf.1EIHS THAT WILL OCCUR IN THEIR ABSENCE - <br />