With four meetings down and who knows how many more
to come, talks on Animas-La Plata, the $714 million dam and
irrigation project proposed near Durango, Colo., continued this
winter (HCN, 11/11/96).
Ten options remain on the
table – down from 70 – and some involve downsizing the project.
Others propose alternatives to bring water guaranteed by treaty to
two Ute Indian tribes. Every option seems immensely complicated,
participants agreed.
The six teams meeting to
discuss A-LP include dam supporters, dam opponents, the states of
Colorado and New Mexico, the Environmental Protection Agency, and
the Department of Interior. They meet next on Jan. 17 at the Ute
Mountain Casino in Towaoc, Colo.
*Becky
Rumsey
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline They’re still talking about A-LP.
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