Facebook Twitter Email
NOVEMBER 1, 2000

Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell has modified the water rights settlement bill of Colorado Ute Tribes, requiring them to spend more money on non-Indians.

The bill settles the water rights of the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribes and provides some $40 million to them. Cambpbell recently amended the bill to require that three-quarters of the $40 million be spent in cooperation with non-Indian communities.

But the tribes say they aren't opposed to the changes.

The settlement bill has been held up in Congress because it also includes the Animas-LaPlata project. First authorized in 1968, the $334 million project has met resistance in the House.

Get the Story:
Campbell quietly changes dam rules affecting Utes (The Denver Post 11/1)

Related Stories:
Senate passes water bill (Enviro 10/26)
Vote on water project stalled (Enviro 10/20)
Ute settlement threatened, fears Campbell (Enviro 10/13)

Relevant Links:
The Animas-La Plata Project - www.uc.usbr.gov/special/alp/index.html
Congressional Testimony, Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement - www.senate.gov/~scia/2000hrgs/alp_0607/alp_wit.htm