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Report Backs Using River for Fishing

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___ - -- ...... u u•a.u- tne wnne House agenda was shelved and Sen. Max Cletana, a veteran wuu tost his g __-· ....... •v• wnner. Law·a tmsn usu- nah, Ga., where Republicans hope to steal the president's most important gains, be- legs and an arm during the Vietnam War. a :s Report Ba£!~'Ylfll£~[)}!.:Cf:,~!!,~ing 0 g lr :o By JIM CAJlLTON cost about $5 billion to remove the farms among the officials in charge of signing . from the pipeline and take other restora- off on the report at the regional level, A U.S. Geological sw·vey report has tion actions. It says about S36 billion in says Mr. Casadevall asked him to delay found there would be more economic ben- economic benefits would come over anum- his review for a week "because of all the efits from returning water to the Kla- ber of years frof!1 more visitors using the sensitivity around U1e issue." Mr. Ludke es math River for fish and recreation than Klamath River system for recreational ac- says he had to send llie report for final et from continuing to use it to irrigate tivities such as fishing and boating. review to the USGS's headquarters in Re- :s. farms, but the finding hasn't been re- The farms generate about SlOO million stan, Va., by agency director Charles ty leased. in revenue a year, compared with almost Groat among others. Ia Interior Secretary Gale Norton drew $800 million generated by recreational ac- Mr. Casadevall was traveling and not te criticism from environmentalists and tivities along the Klamath and its tribu- available for comment, his office said. A

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