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The San Juans give birth to remarkable rivers and streams,
providing life-giving waters for farms and cities but also supporting
recreation and aesthetic values. Requires Flash
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In
2002, the summer’s algal blooms
in the Animas River below Durango led to a basin-wide water-quality
sampling program. Out of this effort came the Animas River Nutrients
Working Group.
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The San Juans give birth to remarkable rivers and streams, providing life-giving waters for farms and cities but also supporting recreation and aesthetic values. SJCA works to permanently protect our last free-flowing streams, enhance our rivers’ water quality and promote democracy in water policy. On the Dolores
River, we have engaged water users, government agencies, whitewater
enthusiasts, and conservationists into a productive collaboration
aimed at freeing more water for downstream flows.
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The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act directs
land management agencies such as the San Juan National
Forest to evaluate rivers and streams for their potential
eligibility for protection as wild, scenic, or recreational
rivers. If found eligible, the San Juan NF may further
propose to Congress that the rivers be designated as wild
and scenic under the law. Only Congress can ultimately
create a wild and scenic river.
If designated wild and scenic, no dams can
be constructed on that river segment, and enough water must
be left in the river to  protect
its “outstandingly remarkable values.” The river
corridor is also withdrawn from mineral development.
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