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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







No. 38

WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS IN COLORADO
            




Outstanding segments of the Elk, Encampment, and Gunnison Rivers in Colorado were carefully studied and tentatively recommended several years ago by their respective administering authorities -- the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service, in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Natural Resources -- for National Wild and Scenic River status.  No further administrative action has been taken on these excellent proposals, although there has been adequate time.  These rivers in their free-flowing condition provide Americans with substantial fishing, floating and other recreational uses, and lack economically feasible water projects that might be developed.


Although Colorado possesses a number of outstanding free-flowing rivers, they are disappearing fast behind dams, impoundments and diversions; meanwhile, to date, not a single mile of river in Colorado has been granted protective National Wild and Scenic River status.
              

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs urges the Colorado Congressional Delegation to introduce and actively support legislation to set aside appropriate reaches of Elk, Encampment, and Gunnison Rivers as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.











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