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Show Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project 1445 N. 10 St. Manitowoc, Wis. Board of Directors 54220 February 24, 1979 Dorothy Harvey, co-chairperson Fred Reimherr, co-chairperson Beth Duncan David Freed Karl Heidenreich Peter Hovingh David Littlefield Dave McCormick Barbara Polich lames Talley Hartt Wixom Supporting Organizations Guy Martin Assistant Secretary Land and Water Resources Department of Interior Interior Bldg. C Street between 18th and 19th Sts Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Guy: I am supposed to get a resume, from the Bureau of •utahcound.Troutuni,m,ted Reclamation, on the i s s u e s d i s c u s s e d at the F r i d a y , Feb. 13, •Rocky Mounhan cound of the 1979 meeting between the Bureau and CRCUP and two S i e r ra Federation of Fiy Fishermen club members. However, I thought I would t e l l you what I • Utah Member Clubs of the was t o l d t r a n s p i r e d. Federation of Fly Fishermen •Stonefly Society of the Wastach Salt lake City, Utah •Order of the Royal Coachman Pleasant Crove Utah • Utah Audubon First off, Mr. Plummer would not ask Gerry Kinghorn to attend on the grounds of "offending the Water Conservancy District". I've nver been sure which tail wagged the dog in Utah so maybe this is saying something or maybe it is an easy way out I Second, the Bureau would not let the meeting be taped and my colleagues don't insist on conditions I would• The Bureau had a large staff persent as they did for the meeting with me in February of 1978: Solicitors, geologists, Project Directors, wildlife specialists, etc. An hour and a half was spent explaining the 2" packet of cost figures. Answers to our questions are buried somewhere in this data! While the members attending the meeting were given some insight into Bureau cost calculations, Dr. Reimherr, Co-Chairman CRCUP, supposedly is to meet the economics expert in Provo in the future to break down information for our purposes. Whether meaningful cost involvement can take place between the public and the Bureau may be questionable. K+QJ Gerry Kinghorn^raised the issue that public discussion can have value only if costs related to changes of planning and purpose are addressed. And, there are major changes in plan and purpose in the Bonneville Unit from those existing when the Bonneville Unit was authorized. However, the Bureau claims these changes do not exist. When the Bonneville Unit Final EIS was released, water salvaged from diking Utah Lake was an integral part of the Jordanelle M & I System AND it was a connection used to tie the Jordanelle to the Strawberry Collection System. Since 118,000 a f of water of the 136,000 a f to be transported over to the Bonneville Basin from the Uintah Basin, was to be for irrigation, the Strawberry Collection System was presented and considered to be an Irrigation System, primarily. |
