September 9, 2007--Hundreds of streams face review (Rocky Mountain News)

Hundreds of Colorado streams are being analyzed for possible protection under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the largest such review in more than 30 years. The study comes as cities and water districts race to develop water in many of those same streams, efforts that will be much more difficult--and, in some cases, impossible--once the federal protective process is under way.

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