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Show '.' Jaek-Sfraws. By Jack Wallis ; J l week the voters in the Rangely 'overwhelmingly, 509 to 49, to obligation bonds up to $13 million to " the Rangely Dam and Reservoir - e White River. The project is jrW to be scheduled to begin in the l 1981 with completion in about one Utah Water Resources Division Ned building a dam and reservoir r . White River near Bonanza, !! from its revolving bonding , nearly three years ago, and the ' omental Impact Statement still """been finished. J M the Bureau of Land Managers Manage-rs blamed for foot dragging. teM,c!me back sayine the r'ght had not been made. e Utah Water Resources Division or an allocation out of the White " tZ n 15 years a8- but has been nSWhether or notthis alloca-' alloca-' r.1 V met because there has been i ater 'located than actually ex- Cilam En8'neering did the' "ary engineering on the Bonan- w!Ver Dam and aer a con-ornev con-ornev the gver and the 8eri eral over whether the ,bi ng contract should be put out BinST."1 Kact was fina"y 8iven' (IjSnam because of their '"ary involvement 'Ow it lem i, PPCars 1,131 anther major !UtahL?nI t0 further boondoggle tofc2ffv Dam. This timlit , W1"i the Endangered Species auT? made over tne snail '"Win in !u C0 Dam and als0 the rniiuwe Virgin River in lists are , the environmen- River t0 Prove that the "orado Sn,? J. native nabitat for the ib,theuawf'sh, the humped back lcJt suckw chub and razor-These razor-These enrt Ninthpa!redfishhave not been V River but t een found in the Green I River or Colorado, of which the White is a tributary, it is generalized that the endangered en-dangered fish must have swam this river too. In fact, the whole Colorado River system may be declared closed to any further development because of the possibilities of harming the habitat of a few fish placed on the endangered and threatened species list. Some wild stories have been told of fish biologists chasing squawfish from the Green up the White River until they got too tired to go farther and this is where they spawned. Senator Orrin Hatch says he expected a head-to-head conflict with the Endangered En-dangered Species Act. He said it will be a major problem which could shut down some of the water resource efforts necessary to develop synfuels in Utah. So the battle goes on. We wish Rangely Range-ly well in their efforts to dam off the White River, but we feel they are too optimistic in their goal of wading through all the government regulations in only one year. We would hope they can do it, but past experience tells us there is a "paper tiger" out there waiting to chew up their plans. Maybe together, Colorado and Utah can wade through the necessary federal paper work to authorize the two proposed propos-ed dams on the White River that are needed to control the irregular river and store a water supply that is vitally needed in the rich Utah-Colorado energy source area. Monday we pay tribute to the value and necessity of work and labor by taking tak-ing a holiday. But even more fitting than to honor those who labor, is to provide pro-vide one last holiday before summer is over After Labor Day we generally accept ac-cept the fact that we must now settle down and either go back to school or go back to the routine of regular work. However, we at the Express will remain re-main on the job and take our Labor Day some other day so we can meet our regular deadline. Come in Monday and visit us with your news and advertising. |