expanding, but that costs a lot of money. So we're not going to put it to 

 use oae way or another overnight. But when they say we're losing it to 

 downsipeam states, then I'd like for them to show me the plan that they 

 have -^ tie up the water for the state of Montana. At least by reserving 

 this water we serve notice on downstream states that we're reserving this 

 water for the state of Montana for future beneficial use. The Board of 

 Natural Resources has the authority to reallocate the instream flow in the 

 event there's a need for other uses in the instream flow that they've 

 granted successive. We have something to go to court on. If we don't 

 have that, we don't have anything when a downstream state develops it. 

 And if you don't believe that, ask the state of Colorado about the state of 

 Arizona having water that runs out of Colorado. During a drought a few 

 years ago I was in Colorado, and I guess the people there were quite 

 upset because they had to let a certain amount of water run by that they 

 could use to go down to Arizona. 



I've just got one other comment, I guess in closing. And the two 

 lobbying organizations which I feel, in most instances have acted as the 

 front for the industrial use contrary to the benefits and the rights of 

 Montanans, is WETA (Western Environment Trade Association) and I think 

 they should change the name. I think it should be changed to Western 

 Environmental Trade-Off Association. And Montana Water Development 

 Association should be changed to the Montana Industrial Water 

 Development. Thank you. 



LARRY PETERMAN : Harry Miller, a Trout Unlimited leader in Montana will 

 be our next speaker. He's going to address water issues from an active 

 fisherman's perspective. Harry Miller. 



HARRY MILLER : I'm going to have to be careful here that I don't get in 

 troubles. I am a Montana native. I went to school over in Missoula. I 

 was there almost seven years getting a four-year degree. I know a lot of 

 people here in the room. They know I'm very comfortable in Levis and 

 boots and outside doing my thing. I also am a management consultant, 

 whatever that might be. I have my own management firm in Billings and 

 have a lot of clients in Butte, Bozeman, Missoula. I travel quite a bit. 

 I'm up here on business and I arranged my business so I could be here 

 for this meeting. I guess maybe I'll wake you up just a little bit by 

 telling you the definition of a management consultant. I don't think that 

 anybody needs to be woken after Willie got finished with us. And it is a 

 hard act to follow. A management consultant is someone that comes in and 

 borrows your watch, tells you what time it is and sends a bill. Now I 

 didn't say whether or not you get your watch back and I don't wear one 

 so you want to •'atch yourself there also. 



The other thing Larry, this long hot summer thing... now I have to 

 be very careful when I start on this, but Butte and Helena are in an area 

 of Montana and I'm from Billings so I'm a little sensitive when they start 

 talking about eastern Montana and long hot summers. But there have been 

 summers when in the Butte-Helena area if you had three days over 90 

 degrees you knew that was a long, hot summer. So we really don't want 

 to be judged exactly by your qualifications of long, hot summers. 



