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Show News WEDNESDAY GUST 27, Colorado River plan meetings setto begin management issues and solu- sible solutions to each issue. Individuals who are unable to tions that are important to the one of the workshops can attend The public workshop public. e send issue and soluschedule is as follows: tion statements to the planning team during the month of Sep1997 September 12-1tember 1997. Comments will be Salt Lake City. Utah accepted by United States mail Holiday Inn Airport or electronic mail to Linda 1659 W. North Temple Jalbert, Grand Canyon National Friday, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Can9:00 a.m. Saturday, Public meetings marking the beginning of the revision process of Grand Canyon National Parks Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP) are scheduled to begin in September 1997. The area covered by the Management Plan includes the 277 mile section of river through Grand Canyon National Park from Lees Ferry, below Glen Canyon Dam, to Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The parks current CRMP was approved in September of 1989 and did not include the lower gorge between Diamond Creek and Lake Mead NRA. Public demand for river recre- one-pag- ?. yon, AZ 86023 or grcacrmpnps.gov. It is anticipated that the September 19-2- 0. 1997 Phoenix. Arizona YWCA Leadership Development Center at 9440 N. 25th Ave. (east of & 25th Ave.) Dunlap Friday, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 1-- past two decades. In order to nrotect the river resources and best meet these demands, Grand Canyon National Park staff will develop a comprehensive plan that will insure resource protection while maximizing the benefits the river can provide to society. The CRMP will be developed with input from the public. American Indian Tribes and other groups historically affiliated with the Grand Canyon. Public involvement in the planning process begins with three public workshops to be held in Portland. Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Phoenix. Arizona. Sessions will focus on identifying the full range of river en- tire planning process will take approximately two years. Following the September workshops, the NPS will prepare and distribute, in the winter of 1998, a summary of issues and suggested solutions developed in the workshops. A draft plan and environmental assessment (EA) is expected to be released for public review and comment during the winter of 1999, followed by public involvement workshops in the spring of 1999, with release of a final draff plan and EA anticipated during the win- The primary purpose of these workshops is to gather information. The National Park Service (NPS) will begin the workshops with a presentation of the goals and guiding principles for the management of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, then will gather information from the public on issues, ter of 2000. For additional information concerns, and potential solutions. Those attending the work- about the parks CRMP, please shops are asked to come with a contact Linda Jalbert at (520) written list of issues they would like to see addressed, as well as proposed solutions to those issues. These written statements will be collected at the worksi?? u n shops and given to break-ou- t isgroups who will refine the urunxi sues and propose a range of pos 638-790- 9. Development of Ulvv- ' ' f , Vv: . : - The atmosphere is heated in rising air column. 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