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<br />21 <br /> <br /> <br />002321 <br /> <br />Certaill. high uses of the public1andshav~. be~ncurtai1ed because of <br /> <br />prior appropt-iatioll. of available water for a specificuse'de. g.~ recreation <br /> <br />use is sometimes precluded because of existing livestock or agricultural <br /> <br />use,. In many instances, the sale or transfer of public lands brings the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />lands into a high water-consuming use. For example, the sale or transfer <br /> <br />of public lands may result in their development as irrigated farmland, thus <br /> <br />further depleting the overdrawn underground water sources. Large public <br /> <br />sale, recreation and public purpose, and townsite programs al:'e contem'; <br /> <br />plated within the basin, particularly near the Lower Colorl;l.do River.. The <br /> <br />possible sale of large tracts of land at Eldorado Valley and Fort Mohave to <br /> <br />. the State of Nevada, authorized by special legislation, and similar special <br /> <br />'acts authoridng transfer of ~ublic lands tf Lincoln County and the city of <br /> <br />Hendersoll.j in Nevada, aU contemplate intensive developmefl,t with high <br /> <br />water requirements. These developments will doubtless intensify <br />'. . . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.groundwater problems, <br />3~ Colorado River tributary projects. Bureau of Land Management <br /> <br />pi'ojects on Colorado River tributaries consist of community watershed <br /> <br />areas, som e of which. are planned in detail for management, <:onservation, <br /> <br />and improvement practices (see atta<:hed map No. 2 for community water- <br /> <br />shed boundal:'ies). There are 66 community watersheds in the basin. Im- <br /> <br />. . <br />provements within two watersheds have been ~ubstantially completed. <br />