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4 planning for the future. almost entirely d~pendent He stressed that the State's economy, now and in the future, was upon the availability and proper utilization of water. I Hoyce J. Tipton, Consulting Engineer of the Board, was called upon by the Governor to present a summary statement, and analysis of the scope and' effect of the Colorado Hiver Storage ?roject Plan. The broad phases, scope, purposes and effect of th~s plim of;,!iEivelopiilemt of Colgradots ,water resources were reviewed by Mr. Tipton. It was stated by the Director that,' following the four hearings held in Western Colorado (Durango, Gunnison, Delta and Meeker, Colorado) on the report o~the Bureau of Heclamation covering the proposed Colorado Hiver Storage Project and Participating Pro- jects, the office of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, in compliance with the request made at the hearings, had received in written form, comments and views. from about seventy individuals and organizations in Vlestern Colorado On .t.his project. These written comments and views were reproduced and heretofore were furnished to the members of the Colorado Water Conservation Board; and that such views were available at the'meeting for further study by members of the Board. The Director called attention to the fact that there were numerous individuals, most of them from Western ColoradO, present at the meeting who desired to sup- plement any written statements which had heretofore been presented to the Hoard by oral present~tions at this meeting. Governor Thornton stated that the Board , would proceed to hear from-the many per- sons, present, either for the purpose of. making a statenent personally or for any organiza- tion. He commented that it appeared that the principal question h$!d to do with desirability or the undesirability of including the proposed Curecanti Dam and Reservoir for storage of Gunnison River water as a part of the plan of the Colorado River Storage Project and as a unit for initial authorization. He stated that those who favored the Curecanti Unit would be heard first and that those opposing it would be asked to present their views fol:" lowing the statements of the supporters of the Reservoir. Statements in support of the Curecanti Unit of the proposed Colorado'River Stor- age Project were then presented by William J. Dodd of Delta, ColoradO, Frank C. Merriell, Secretary-Engineer of the Colorado River Water Conservation District Board, of Grand Junction, ColoradO, and Judge Hume S. White, a member of the Colorado Hiver Water Conser- vation District Board of Eagle,Colorado. These presentations continued 'until 12;05 p.m. when the Board recessed for lunch. Afternoon Session Monday, ~une 11, 1951 I The meeting was called to order at 1:55 p.m. by Governor Thornton, Chairman. Further statements by supporters of the Curecanti unit Of the Colorado River Storage Project were made by A. Allen Brown, Delta; John O'Rourke, Montrose, H. B. Coffman, Olathe;and A. C. Tinsley, Orchard City.