Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project: documents and correspondence, 1979

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Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project 727 6th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84103 Board of Director* Dorothy Harvey, co-chairperson f red Reimherr. co-chairperson flelh Duncan David Freed Karl Heidenreich Peter Hovingh David littlefield Oa\e McCormick 3arbara Polich 'ames Talley Hartt Wixom Supporting Organizations • Lsah Council. Trout Unlimited »Rocky Mountian Council of the Federation of Fly fishermen HJtah Member Clubs of the 1445 N. 10 St. Manitowoc, Wis. March 5, 1979 54220 Fred My husband came home this weekend. He is greatly Improved but has physical impairments he111 have to continue to work on in his left hand and legs. However, he is setting pro­cedures in motion to get back to work. The enclosed letter from Guy Martin came after you people had set up the meeting with the BuRec. I think it is important, if you have not already done this, that you write up a recap of what transpired at the Feb. 23 meeting with the Bureau telling what was accomplished and what cost questions remain to be answered with Bureau proposals to answer them. You need to send a copy of this letter to Secretary Andrus, to Guy Martin, and to the Bureau. We have been working on this cost issue for five months with Interior and it seems the -Stonefly Society of the *lfl|^[tLake City. Utah »Order of the K67 Pleasant Grove. Utah • Utah Audubon «*feher^^^thing to do to let them know that we "cooperated" in meeting ^fcH^with the Bureau - but that certain issues remain unresolved and unanswered yet. This gives us some of the political fjpital we had before we met with the Bureau. We need to eep the initiative in our hands . As it is, the Bureau has neatly dramped the resolution of our problem on us. They made the overture to explain to us - now it is up to us to gather the data! We don't want to be left in this spot. Please send copies of this letter to Brent Blackwelder and to me. I'll pass along copies to those Groups I have been informing of our activities. I think it would be important for TU or CRCUP or Fed. of Fly Fishermen to fund Bill Geer at appropriation hearings in Washington in April While Geer might have constraints put upon him by the State as to what he could present in testimony, committee members could question him to elicit the real facts. He is an effective advocate and is needed to offset the untruths presented in Washington by McKay, Marriott and Matheson. I have already suggested to Bill that he go and we would see what arrangements could be made. I also suggested this to David Freed. I have written the National Wildlife Federation to help fund my travel expenses. It is very helpful to get in on the inside strategy planning of top people at these conferences, such as the Dam Conference. (I would hope I could testify at appropriation hearings and attend the Conference.) Techniques used in one dam effort suggest initiatives for a different development. Guy Martin sent me a packet of material showing progress of the implementing of the Water Policy - Drafts of Agency proposals, policy planning, etc. These are excellent and