excerpted from: http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...?storyid=77024
DENVER (AP) - Hundreds of Colorado streams are being analyzed for
possible protection under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

The reviews by the Bureau of Land Management are worrying some water
utilities and others who are seeking to develop water in many of the
same streams to meet demand from a growing population.

So far only a segment of the Poudre River north of Fort Collins is
formally protected under the act, but the Yampa, Blue, Eagle and
Colorado rivers are under review for possible protection.
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From: www.dictionary.com 0 Wild: uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste:
wild country.

Since the word "wild" connotes an absence of man the 'wildness' of
something is inversely proportional to the number of people inhabiting
it. Does a 'wild and scenic' designation mean a direction away from
habitation of these 100's of rivers? What does it mean, in practice?
The Blue, for example is pretty much 'habitated' already. A highway
runs almost its entire length in Colorado. Would we ever consider a
real wildness, ban humans from an area entirely? Do we love fish and
wild places enough or do we just play lip service to the political
gains of those who make these definitions?

Halfordian Golfer
It is impossible to catch and release a wild fish.