Writers on the Range

Water fight sinks wilderness bill

Larry Mosher Opinion Dec. 2, 1991 From the print edition
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How water rights language killed Colorado's wilderness bill (S-1029). Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/23.22/download-entire-issue

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