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with those for the Vernal-Oak Creek segments in one construction invitation. Target date for completion of this Flaming Gorge-Green Mountain transmission intertie is June 1962. , The first leg of the Glen Canyon-Four Corners-Curecanti line will be a steel tower 230-kv transmission line between the Glen Canyon Dam and the Four Corners area in northwestern New Mexico. Another leg of this line 1lit,ill be extended from the Four Corners area northward to Colorado to the Curecanti powerplant of the Colorado River Storage Project. The Glen Canyon-Four Corners leg of the 230-kv line will be under contract during the first half of calendar year 1961 and the Four Corners-Curecanti portion will be under con- tract during the last half of calendar year 1961. Construction of both of these lines is scheduled for completion by January 1964, Design work is proceeding in connection with the substations associated with the transmission lines now under construction and award of contracts for construction of substations will be made during the fiscal year opening next July 1. Everyone is aware that there is a trespass problem on the Lower Colorado River, and that the Justice Department has initiated certain legal action in connection with this problem. Everyone also is aware that considerable attention is now being given to a land-use pro- gram that will take account of the needs of the Federal Government and will best serve the needs of all the people of the Nation. A meet- ing has just been concluded in Washington at which several proposals were thoroughly aired. Aerial photographs were taken during 1960 of the bottom lands, roughly from bluff to bluff, embracing nearly 1,000 square miles. Also, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, a long-needed cadastral survey of Colorado River lands now is underway. So much for current problems. Let us, now, turn our attention to the future, with a review first of basin investigations. It has been apparent for many years that the potential uses and requirements for waters of the Colorado River system greatly exceed the available water supply, Long ago it was recognized that it would be necessary for a program to be developed which would provide the most effective and efficient use of the available water supply of the system. To this end a comprehensive basin-wide investigation was made which inventoried the existing and potential water uses in both the Upper - 23 -