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Lower Colorado Region - Roy Gear from Boulder City made the presentation. Mr. Gear reported that this year, winter storms in Arizona have contributed well over half a million acre feet to the run=off, which is a very un- orthodox happening in the Lower Basin. It doesn't happen very often. Attention was called to other related run-off situations, which would be of interest to the group. Run-off for 1983, as of April 1, in the preliminary estimate was 109 percent of normal--15 year average. The water-level in Lake Mead in March was the highest it has been for 42 years. There was only about 9-feet of space to go vertically before the water will go uncontrolled over the top of the spillway. They don't want this to happen. In January, due to flood control regulations, BR has released 19,000 second feet from Lake Mead for the entire month of January. Probably, 600,000 second-feet went to Mexico unused. Recent evaluations indicate a lot more water will be released this calendar year. Mr. Gear reported progress on the vegetation management study down river in the area from Davis Dam; the 3-year-study to evaluate the effects of selected vegetative clearing in a 5-mile test section of the Colorado River flood plain in the Cibolla Division; the 5-year program of strengthening and armouring levees in the area below Davis Dam; Parker II - 30 mile stretch of river above Palo Verde Dam; wildlife mitigation measures in Arizona & Colorado relating to the Salinity Control Project and the development plan for Finney Lake in California near the Salton Sea. He also reported that the contract for development work on aquatic and terrestrial habitat for Mitre Lake near Yuma and Mummy Farm; the pre- liminary draft of the Black Bass Study on Lake Mead; the status of the Central Arizona Project. Mr. Gear said that mitigation work was becoming an increasingly important aspect of Reclamation projects and BR has started monitoring some of the work, because it is not complete unless you find out whether it is effective. He also felt that the activities Reclamation has carried out during the past year, should further the efforts of fish and wildlife. Brief discussion followed the presentation. C. Production allocation from National Fish Hatcheries - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque George Divine of the Albuquerque Regional office made the presentation. The allocation meeting was attended by representatives of three Upper Basin and three Lower Basin States. Fish production for the period 1982 through 1984 was discussed. Stocking summaries for Calendar year 1983 are listed in Exhibit D. Final production figures for 1983 depend upon the final disposition of Jones Hole and the 1984 budget made available to the Fish and Wildlife Service. The requests for 1983 are essentially the same as that produced in 1983. They are on target. There were only minor changes for 1984, and were primarily in site selec- tion and numbers. 5