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(WATER VIGILANTES)Write your friends out of the state to explain the importance of this bill to this area. Have them write to their congressmen.
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P.O. Box 1200, Grand Junction, Colorado P.O. Box 1301, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah 210 Capitol Building, Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Future progress of four states, Colorado, New Mex-ico, Utah and Wyoming, is dependent largely upon passage of the Colorado 1uver Storage Project bill now before
• It will lengthen the life of Roover Dam almost indefinitely bY largely de-creasing the tremendous silt deposit in Lake Meitd.
• It will open up a vast new Monument area and help relieve t"he growing con-congress. • Expansion of industrY, population and
ag,icultu" in the" states ia limited to avail· able water. }lati.oninll; al.readY is necessarY
in manY areas. Colorado River system offers last major water source. Project will enable states to utilize their conceded share of the water that originates in th~se
states. Without this water, expansion
gestion in our National Parks.
• It will provide great new recreation areas for boating, fishing, camping and make accessible for the first time new
scenic beauties.
• It will provide water for thirsty western cities that alreadY are having to \i.mits alreadY are in sight.
• Wate< will
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125,000 " " ' of \and on Navajo Indian Reservation. Itwill assure decent standard of \i.ving for about 1/5 of Navajo Tribe which now numb"' 75,000. It will helP take " ' " of Indians permanentlY and reduce need for
,ontinuoua gove<nment aid. It will add ,espect and ,elf-suffioienoY to a p,oud Indian people who have been badly neg-lected. • It will put hund,eds of thousands of
a"" of new \and unde< ,uJtivation and supply additional needed water for manY more acres. (This project will take 25-30
yea"
to ,omplete. BY that tim• th•11.s.
population is expected to hit 200,000,000 and more agricultural land will be vitallYresort to water rationing.
• It will provide new power and water necessarY to develop new industries and the great mineral resources of this area, "The Treasure Chest" of the nation.
• It will provide new opportunity for work during and after construction of the
projects.
• It will ma\{e accessible the dinosaur fossil beds for all America to enjoY.
• It will create a new haven for fish and wild-life and wilderness lovers.
• It will aid national defense in manY waYS·
needed.) • It will make it possible for Upper Basin States to meet the water guarantees of 7 ,500,000 acre-feet per year to lower b,sin ,tates of Califo<nia, Ariaona and Nevada.
• The project will not only paY for itself but insure a future annual revenue of
millions for the U.S. Treasury.
• It will make America stronger, bigger, richer and more beautiful.
