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<br />OOB'76 <br /> <br />-,-' <br /> <br />AI I meetings of the Task Force were open to the publIc. Advance <br />notIces of such meetIngs were sent to al I IndIvIduals who expressed <br />Interest In the work of the Task Force. Numerous meetIngs were held <br />throughout the wInter and spring to refine the early goals and coordinate <br />the work of the varIous agencies. Task Force representatIves also <br />partIcipated In public meetings on water policy ImplementatIon, met with <br />Interested partIes, and generally attempted to keep the publIc fully <br />Informed of Its progress. in partIcular, Task Force members met several <br />times with representatIves from the Western States Water Council and <br />also briefed those attendIng an Interstate Conference on Water Problems. <br /> <br />(. <br /> <br />B. Federal Reserved Water Rlqhts <br />It may seem surprising to those unfaml liar wIth water law and <br />polley to learn that, more than two centuries after the founding of <br />the Republic, many details In the relatIonship of state and federal <br />government over water rIghts for federal land management remaIn In <br />dispute. I n the I ast two decades I n part I cu I ar; a good dea I of acr Imony <br />and antagonism has been generated over this Issue. Much of thIs acrimony <br />has sprung up around the federal reserved right. <br />OrIginally recognized by the Supreme Court In construing an indian <br />tribe's right to water under an agreement with the United States,~/ <br /> <br />~/ Winters v. UnIted States, 207 U.S. 564 (190B). <br /> <br />-6- <br />