Show Ute Tribe calls for amicable amicably negotiation in water dispute The Ute Ule Tribe called Monday Monda y for amicable negotiation of a an n agreement between the tribe the United States the State Stale of Utah governments and th the e central Utah Water Con Con- District concerning I the Central Utah Project If we can reach an agreement without litigation it will be better for all concerned concerned con con- Ute Tribal chairperson chairperson chair chair- person Ruby Black told a meeting of some 75 federal state and local government officials at Bottle Hollow The Ute Business Committee and the tribes tribe's governing body asked for negotiation of an agreement which Incorporated eight items 1 Th The Tha quantified water rights of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in the total amount of feet acre-feet annually from allwater allwater all allwater water sources as are necessary to fill the entitlement be recognized by the United States and the State of Utah without resort to litigation and such rights be included by the State Engineer in any water development studies filings or proceedings presently pending or instituted in the future and be further affirmed by Act of the State Legislature and the United States Congress 2 The water so quantified for tribal use shall be used by the tribe for whatever purposes it deems to be in the tribal Interest interest interest in In- terest including but not limited to municipal industrial domestic agricultural recreational stream in-stream uses or orlease orlease orlease lease to third-parties third either on onor onor onor or off reservation lands 3 Irrigable lands be acquired by the United States for the Ute Indian Tribe in lieu of oC all those lands deferred from development development development develop develop- ment by the tribe as a part of all present and future Central Utah Project activities so as to maintain the total irrigable a acreage of the tribe at acres Such lands shall be acquired as part of the Bonneville Bonneville Bonneville Bon- Bon neville Unit of oC the Central Utah Project and shall be acquired prior to the diversion of any waters to the Bonneville basin 4 The United States rehabilitate and improve the Uintah Irrigation project which serves as the major delivery system of agricultural waters for Indian lands to be completed prior to December 31 31 1985 5 Storage space satisfactory to the tribe be provided in the facilities of the Bonneville Unit of or the Central Utah Project to allow storage of tribal waters wl which ch area are are a part of the tribes tribe's water entitlement additional storage facilities be designed and built with tribal consent specifically to develop tribal waters in such additional locations as will prevent unnecessary unnecessary un un- necessary disruption of the environment and cultural values of the tribe yet provide the tribe with sufficient storage capacity to develop its entire settlement 6 6 Individual Ute Indians be allowed to hunt fish and trap on all public lands and on all fee lands with the permission of the owner within the exterior boundaries of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation subject only to the control and regulation of the tribe exercised in such a manner to insure the maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- of the biological balance of all species of fish and game 7 7 Immediate steps be taken to protect the fishery resource by providing adequate minimum stream flows on all rivers affected by the Central Utah Project 8 The tribe participate in the formulation of the operating criteria for the Central Utah Project and actively participate in the management and operation of air oC-air all iii facilities h in I which tribal water is stored or diverted I TilE THE TRIBE is willing and able to begin negotiations as soon as possible said tribal attorney Stephen Boyd Sure there are trouble spots but the main thing is that we approach the negotiations in a spirit of friendship instead of as enemies There has bc been n a sort of mystic about the tribe when it comes to water in the CUP The purpose of this meeting is to clarify that Boyden said Gordon Harmson Sr state director of Natural Resources said Gov Matheson is Interested interested interested in In- in continuing this dialogue and negotiation is the central theme of his philosophy There are some here a lot of problems but were we're here in a cooperative mood and I see it asa as asa asa a real plus if we can quantify quantity Indian water rights Mrs Roy Edna Massey was In the Uintah h County Hospital for fer treatment of arthritis tier Her granddaughter Christina Cloward oward Plum Plumber r San L Luis Luls s Obispo Calif came to h help at atme m me home while Edna dna was hospitalized staying slaying for one week 4 Ronald and Lela Searle of Hotchkiss Colorado visited from Thursday to Sunday a at t the Calvin Jorgensen home Lela is their daughter |