| Show conservationists familiar with green grun yampa canyons favor echo park dam conservationists who are a re familiar with the green and yampa river canyons are in favor of proposals to build echo park dam as a part of the colorado river storage project for example mr and mrs G E who have been closely associated with the area for more than 30 years have appe appeared tired before congressional hearings to endorse the rr project eject which would conserve ahe h e bests badly needed water resources mr served as ranger ran er naturalist at dinosaur nten national I 1 monument tar far many years he and hl hn wife both are geologists have mapped the geology of the entire area at U present besent he Is director of the utah tah field beld house of natural history at vernal utah our pur lives have been devoted to conservation mr saya says and we see the need for the proposed project we know the area and res realize lz thai that its beauty wont be destroyed mr and mrs are critical Ti of the hit and run scribes who only camp over night and then take a potshot at the monument mr pointed out that the proposed project will not inundate dinosaur beds despite the statements of some opponents of the project the 39 e dinosaur quarry ils miles downstream from the e damsite and high above the river bed according to mr ac dually known fossils have been removed and placed in museums its amazing to me how irresponsible misguided and uninformed some people are about this area mr said he pointed out that the rivers inside dinosaur monument now cover about 3 per cent 0 of the total area even with construction of the proposed dams only a total of 11 per cent of the area would be covered by water leaving 89 per cent untouched at present he says only one per cent of the people visiting the monument get any farther than the monument headquarters which like the dinosaur beds beas will not be affected by proposed dams actually the dam will make new areas accessible ces sible to the another misconception Is that water from the dams will cover great scenic areas actually water backed bat ed up tip by bl the dams will rise on only 5 y feet beet in canyons that in some places are as deep as feet charges have been that these canyons will be filled with water mr sald said actually the canyon depth will be diminished one fifth at the dam site 11 while the dam will eliminate some dangerous river rapids a move opposed by a few hardy river runners it will provide a less accessible recreation area the people of the west who are proud of the scenic wonders of their country realize there Is much to be gained by construction of the colorado river storage project like mr Unten nann they know the facts and are in favor of the conservation of the bests most valuable resource its water good nw news for 55 35 reduction in government g ov emment spending during the last two years represents a saving of more than 86 8 for every man woman and child in the united states Any lisis of federal budget reports indicates cates that expenditures tor for current fiscal year ending in june will be about 14 billiou less than the previous administration in washing ton this means that the per capita burden of tax debt on every one of the persons in the nation is lower by approximately 86 A dog dogs life it goes for our mutts and pooches poaches po oches too for american dogs enjoy the highest standard of living in the canine world there are an estimated of them from coast to coast in 17 million families who spend something like to feed them A couple of them a spaniel and a mastiff even came over on the mayflower May florl |
