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I forth, the Arkansas Compact Administration, the state Engineer, and any other responsible officials who have an interest in this. We are certainly willing to cooperate with you and them and abide by the decision that all agencies reach. No.7, 'Because of the high evaporation and siltation rate at John Martin Reservoir and because of the flat topography, the amount of water necessary to maintain a permanent pool would inevitably increase rapidly over the years. A pool which might be feasible now would rapidly become infeasible and detri- mental to the Valley's water users.'. This, I presume, is tied in closely with the one regarding siltation because, as the floor of the reservoir itself flattens out, certainly the water would spread out and be more shallow. A shallow pool, up to a certain point, is good for fisheries. Below a certain depth is not particularly advantageous nor valuable as far as fish are concerned, but then, again, we reach a point of diminishing returns when you get too shallow; it gets too hot, of course, and fish won't live; you lose your oxygen and your water temperatures are too high. However, again, I would like the Board to bear in mind that this pool is not, in our estimation any- way, to be established solely for fishing. Again I would like to state that we have a very nice goose flight i.n there every year and the maintenance of permanent water in there would certain'y increase this gooce flight and offer continuous good goose shooting as well as continuous use by boaters and other persons seeking recreation. I No.8, 'With the construction of either the Purgatoire or Fryingpan projects, or both, prospects for increasing the conservation pool at John Martin and decreasing the flood control space would appear bright. Any permanent pool would necessarily reduce the amount of extra conservation space that could be thus provided. The value for conservation purposes exceeds JI..L-'