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<br /> <br />In reply rofor to <br />No, <br /> <br /> <br />Wi 1,1 iam:!, Nc'wman <br />~ <br />...........~'ti:l:~~=r.~-. <br />NATURAL RESOURCES <br />SOURCES <br /> <br />JIJI1J n, \""A"'rglll'd <br />~~1I1~~.'r+: <br />~ ... VI ';~t .. ~. It. " <br />v,recor <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br /> <br />Addr... All Communlcatiorill to <br />the Stat. En9in..r. Dlvllllon <br />of Wat.r R..o\lre.. <br />Telephone (702) 8eS..380 <br /> <br />Fe~r~~ry 21, 1979 <br /> <br />TO: Joe Sondeno <br />Executive Secretary, PSIAC <br /> <br />FR: Vic Hill <br />Chairman, RecreationrEnvironment Subcommittee <br /> <br />The following is a summary of my report to and parti- <br />cipation in the November 28, 1978 meeting of PSIAC at Las <br />Vegas; <br /> <br />Cappaert vs. U.S., 96 Sup. ct. 2026 (1976). involved <br />Devil's Hole and the pupfish and applied the federal implied <br />reservation doctrine to groundwater for the first time. This <br />is one important facet of the federal-state-private situation <br />with respect to future use of water resources. With this in <br />mind, the Recreation-Environment Subcommittee met yesterday <br />at the site of the pupfish refugium near a natural hot spring <br />located high on the Nevada side about ~ mile below Hoover Dam. <br />The pupfish (cyprinodon diabolis) is native to Devil's Hole <br />in the Amargosa Desert, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. <br />A transplant of 25 pupfish was made from Devil's Hole to the <br />refugium for purposes of protection and study. The transplanted <br />population grew to about 200 before receding to about 40 at <br />present, and in the process became larger and lighter in color <br />than the parent population in Devil's Hole. Presently, there <br />is not much ongoing or planned study being funded for the <br />governmental entities involved, Maintenance of the refugium <br />is the major activity. <br /> <br />Proposed hydro-power modifications to Hoover Dam were <br />viewed from the location of the pupfish refugium and from <br />inside the dam. Implications of the pupfish decision and the <br />proposed hydro-power midifications were discussed. <br /> <br />VH!pk <br /> <br />C-12 <br />