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~ I impacts of potential energy developments on water, fish (including the endangered fishes), and wildlife in the upper Colorado River (Spofford et ~. 1~80). Future aemands and allocations of Colorado Riv~r water were-concisely summarized by Weatherford and Jacoby (1975), who stated: In broad terms, the problem of managing the Colorado River is the problem of allocating a flow resource in such a way as to satisfy legally preferred current demands without foreclosing the satisfaction of a different set of configuration of demands in the future. When so viewed, it is clear that there will be no single or final solution to the problems of allocation and management in the Colorado River basin. The time for seriously addressing emerging generation of problems, however, is now. Key Federal Environmental Legislation The American public's concern about environmental issues has been marked by surges and declines during the past century. This concern was interrupted by two world wars and an economic depression, but a major revival occurred (McEvoy 1973) when the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934 was amended in 1958 to confer "equal consideration" to wildlife and directing development programs to give "full consideration" to recommendations of wildlife agencies (Williams and Deacon, Chapter 7). However, it was not until the 1960s that an "environmental movement" took shape in the United States. During this period, the federal government acknowledged a national responsibility to save endangered species through the Endangered Species