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<br />l.. <br /> <br />000382 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, ,in,Lake Shasta. In this region the Forest Service has created a recreational area. <br />Already, a new sports fishing industry has been built up around ,the fabulous Kam- <br />loops which thrive in the cold, deep waters of Lake Shasta. And downstr8aJ1l from <br />the dam, the annual salmon run is being gradually revived as cold vater from the <br />dam has provided ideal spawning grounds in the shallow sands of the Sacramento <br /> <br />River. <br /> <br />If Governor Pinchot was right lIhen he described the purpose of conservation as <br />"the greatest good for the greatest nUlllber for the longest time" then what has been <br /> <br />done to develop Lake Mead and the vast recreational areas of the Tennessee Valley, <br /> <br />all by-products of water project oonstruction, follows the Pinchot doctrine right <br /> <br />down the line. <br /> <br />And what has been done in Lake Nead and in the Great Smokies is what we have <br /> <br />in mir.d in Dinosaur National HonUlllent. <br /> <br />As many of' you know, ths Department recently su1::mitted to Congress a compre- <br /> <br />hensive plan to enable the five States of the Upper Colorado River Basin to utilize <br /> <br />their apportionment of Colorado River 'Jater. This plan, known as the Colorado <br /> <br />River storage Project, provides for irrigation of 380,000 acres of land, bringing <br /> <br />the benefits of life-gi.ving lJater, which you in California know so well, to a poten- <br /> <br />tially i~?ortant p~oductive area, <br /> <br />I:l "'Or studies and recommendations concerning the Upper Colorado River Project <br /> <br />we, of course, realize fully that the downstream States have certain very ilIlportant <br /> <br />rights ad we quite agree that these dmmstream states should have these rights <br /> <br />fully recognized and protected in any upstream development. <br /> <br />Included in the plan of the Department for this development is a recommendatim <br /> <br />I that a dam be built at Echo Park. This dam ~lould be inside the boundaries of the <br />~ Dino~~ "',,<mal Mmrum@t "'" wolli' no", ".,.. of tho '''''7= of tho "',,, Riv~. <br /> <br />4 <br />