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A nation-wide controversy has resulted from the proposed construction of two dams, on the Green River, in Dinosaur National Monument, N . E. Utah, N. W . 1. FICTION-That the proposed dams will inundate the famous fossil dino­ Colorado. Wilderness groups and conservationists have voiced strong opposition to saur beds for which the Monument was origi11ally established. these proposed projects. Much of this opposition is based on misinformation and FACT-This is a physical impossibility as the fossil beds lie downstream outright lack of any information. The present analysis is an attempt to separate from both dams and high above the river bed besides. FICTION from FACT. ' Q 2. FICTION-That dams wilt destroy rhe inspirational value of the river - - - canyons. - - - - - ...... -- .._ FACT-Canyon depth will be modified but slightly, little affecting their --- ...... -- - present height. Only at the damsites will change be noted. - .... I::lfoDe-l:J ----- ...... - ..._ - - -... ()/lvo~- '- ...... _ -riv °" 3. FICTION-That alternate damsites outside the Monument are "just as ' - ....~ (;~() """' good." ...... , -s ' FACT-Damsites are selected for a specific reason. Alternates must be ' ...... more than just another damsitc. They must adequately fulfill the purpose of the ' ...... dam being replaced . ' ...... ---,.._ ...... _ - .._ - ..._ ...... GRflf.N RIVE~ HAAPE~1S CcRNi:R ...... -- ...... - ...... 'ltroo' ...... ' ' ...... ' ' ' ' ..... ' ' "' Profile Section From ' ' \ I, Echo Park Dainsite '\ \.J to Dinosaui· ' National Moniiinent ' " \ H.eaclquarters ' \ ' '\. '

', \ ', \ ~ UINTA GROUP (~VAP:rznE) ' \ (ALGONKIAN) D.N~ tt~. 800 !'(IILL10N YEARS ~f;FOf\E DttfOSAU~ T1M€ - Looking west toicard Echo Park clanisite clownstream from Steamboat Rock.

4. FICTION-That all the proposed dams are not needed. That several of them could be eliminated and the results would be the same. FACT-The dams proposed are needed. If 12 horses are needed to move a specific load it cannot be efficiently moved by 9, 10 or 11 of them. It takes the 12th horse to make the other 11 effective.

5. FICTION-That the dams are being built at the taxpayers' expense. FACT-Funds used to build the dams are investments by the Federal Government. They are repayable over a period of years. If we can give money to foreign countries with little hope of repayment, surely we can invest in the develop­ ment of our own country!

6. FICTION-That the construction of proposed dams in Dinosaur National Mo1111111e11t dooms wilderness areas in America to extinction.

FACT-In its present state only 1 r~ of Dinosaur ational Monument is accessible to the general public. The remaining 99 % is unseen and unknown to the traveling public as a whole. Construction of the proposed dams, with their resultant lakes, would make 20 % of the Monument known to the great bulk of the visitors. Fully 8 0 % of the Monument would remain an untouched wilderness. In the 150 National Park Service areas of the United States are preserved wilderness regions nearly as large as the State of Maine. Canadian National Parks preserve an area larger than Scotland or nearly thirty thousand square miles. The National Forests of the United States preserve nearly 20,000,000 acres of wilder­ ness. State Parks preserve additional thousands of acres. Besides all these vast wilderness regions, hundreds of thousands of square miles of untamed nature "run wild" outside these restricted areas. Pioneers have struggled and died to tame a small percentage of this boundless area in order that the frontiers of civilization might be advanced. A few needed dams should not be looked upon as a national calamity. They are a means of secur­ ing hard won frontiers and pave the way for expanding populations. The entire West cannot be expected to remain an inaccessible wilderness. The West has a right to live.

7. FICTION-That the dams "invade" the Monument and violate National Park rights. FACT-Dinosaur National Monument was enlarged to include the Green and Yampa rivers in 19 3 8. Two years earlier, in 19 3 6, Park Service officials prom­ ised residents of the area, both in Utah and Colorado, that the enlargement of the Monument would not interfere with the development of power and water projects in the river canyons. Good faith requires that these promises be kept.

8. FICTION-The dams mean Federal control and violate the principles of j,rivate enterprise. FACT-On the contrary, the dams will encourage private enterprise by providing water and power for agriculture, municipal and industrial use.

A calm analysis of the Dinosaur National Monument con­ troversy leads one to conclude that the best national inter­ [ ests will be served by the construction of the proposed dams.

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