Show s 1 Looks like we made it the change that is from Dam and Reservoir to Red Fleet Dam and Reservoir We received a copy of a memorandum from the United States Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation Engineering and Research Center Chief Division of Planning Coordination in Denver with a title that long whatever they say must be officially official to the Regional Director in Salt Lake City stating that the name change had been approved The Uintah Water Conservancy Conservancy Conservancy Con Con- District made the formal request about a year ago and because there were no conflicts with Congressional Acts the change was approved The memorandum said the revised entry for the name wi will willbe willbe l be made in inthe the November 1977 issue of the Active and Inactive Name supplements Th The memorandum also pointed out that unless advised to the contrary the names Pumping Plant and Ty ac A Aqueduct u will wl be ben n retal ea Dont Don't suppose w we we are are the only one surprised a at t the swiftness of federal approval for the name change in the Jensen Unit of the Central Utah Project Many of ofus ofus ofus us have just learned to spell and pronounce Red Fleet might sound like the Russians Russian's are coming but after visiting the area especially coming down the UH U- U 44 H switchback grade and looking to the sout southeast east one must agree the three red battleship battleship bat bat- formations are appropriately appropriately ap ap- ap named So when you hear about the Red Fleet Dam and Reservoir remember it is the project just above Draw about 11 miles north of Vernal and at one onetime onetime onetime time was called after Herbert and Adair who owned the ranch when it was first surveyed as a prospective dam site The more we hear of the present Ute Indian Tribe Tribe jurisdictional and boundary dispute the more complex it seems to become With the present claims and counterclaims counterclaims counterclaims counter counter- claims we see no immediate resolution it appears to be an impossible situation The most recent interpretation interpretation interpretation in in- we have read is one recently made by a member of the Ute Business Committee that claims the federal government has no right to the theland theland theland land and water rights in question because they didn't own them in the first place and you cant can't give something back that you dont don't own The claim reasons that the Indian people were the first settlers and they have the original right to the theland theland theland land and water in question throughout the United States The Indian land claim movement has produced a vast source of material for articles features and even books gooks both for and ag against the Indian land land claim dilemma We expect that someday the problem will be resolved after much haggling and dragging the courts Meanwhile the best approach is to try to get together along with a minimum of resentment and fear Uintah County ambulance service has a sp special lal telephone number which goes to the Emergency ncy Medical Technicians' Technicians pa paging ing system By calling direct contact with those operating the am an balance can be obtained we have been told |