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I in connection with this problem. The other problems are in connection with acreage limit- ations. The 160 acre limitation on this proj- ect is simply not practical. That means that we will have to ask special Congressional authority to exceed the acreage limitations. The project is now pending in the Congress and has the endorsement of both Colorado and Wyoming and we see no reason why it should not be enacted sometime during this session of Congress. When I speak of this session, this session, of course, lasts two years. I Very briefly, in connection with other fields, we have been working very closely with the Game and Fish Department. We have tried to establish closer liaison with that depart- ment with Dr. Clark's assistance, and with the Federal Bureau of Sports Fisheries and wildlife. We try to eliminate any conflicts that may arise in the future before they occur. Our liaison in the past between the Federal agencies themselves and between our own state agencies has left much to be desired. We are now trying to meet regularly on these projects so that there is no delay or controversy in the project report. We are giving every possi- ble assistance to the Game and Fish Department with their projects, doing some of the engi- neering work - the hydrology - and other mat- ters in which we can be of considerable assistance to them. Just last week I appeared before the Game and Fish Commission to support a favorable recommendation on one of their projects, the hydrology of which was performed by our own engineering staff. We think there is a fertile field for close cooperation be- tween all the state agencies which heretofore has not really existed. We have taken another look at our ground water program and are expanding that somewhat to make more detailed studies of ground water and drill to deeper depths to tap aquifers from which we have no information at the pre- sent time. It will mean a slight retrenchment