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April 12, 2021 Group pitches deal on Gila Wild and Scenic segments Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 12, 2021 Although the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly minted $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and discussions about President Joe Biden’s massive $2 trillion infrastructure plan are dominating congressional business at the moment, behind the scenes there have been some developments regarding S.3670, the proposed M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act. The bill seeks protected status for 23 segments of waterways comprising about 450 miles of the Gila River system. Named after late Silver City-based author, environmentalist and outdoorsman M.H. Dutch Salmon, S.3670 has widespread support from local governments and many stakeholders within Grant County but among agricultural interests, and in other counties in southwest New Mexico, fierce opposition to Wild and Scenic ....