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<br /> <br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />species. Concerted efforts are also being made to <br />coordinate federal agency activities to make more <br />efficient use of limited budgets as is being done for <br />the Bay-Delta program, the Northwest Forest Plan, <br />and the Everglades restoration. <br /> <br />In this report, the Commission has highlighted some <br />of these promising new initiatives. Our governance <br />recommendations build on these initiatives and seek <br />to improve integration of federal programs with <br /> <br />state, tribal, and local efforts. Our other <br />recommendations address persistent water problems <br />that must be confronted in order to meet the <br />challenge of 21 st century western water <br />management. The West is growing, our water <br />resources are going to be called upon to work harder <br />and harder, and we all must work together to <br />achieve wise management of this most precious <br />resource. Water defines the West, and our use of it <br />will define the West of the 21st century. <br /> <br />xxxi <br />