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WATER-ASSOCIATED OUTDOOR RECREATION COLORADO All water bodies, both public and private, should, to the extent practicable, be made available for recreational uses. Investigations should be made for Federal reservoirs to examine possible structural and operational modifications to meet recreation and fish and wildlife demands. State and Federal agencies should develop plans for and provide technical assistance to local entities to enable them to take the necessary actions to make private reservoir waters available to the public, where feasible. IOW/!. Iowa should expand its investigation and analysis of the water-oriented recreationist and the water-oriented recreation base. The impact of the energy situation should also be considered. The information will be used to determine user needs and resource capabilities and to formulate management and enforcement techniques. Iowa should expand the acquisition and development of additional public access facilities to existing flat and flowing recreation waters. Access provisions for the public should take precedence over private landowner access where needs, demands, and public investment so indicate. Iowa should carefully study the need and suitable locations for new' recreational impoundments. Iowa should lend technical assistance to electric utilities and water supply proponents for potential use of their proposed impoundments for public recreation. Potential impoundment sites, regardless of proposed use, should be considered for protection from development by the State. Future water supplies and management may depend upon these sites. The public's right to use flowing water should be redefined either legislatively or judicially to include the right to float and walk the streambed for recreation purposes. G-40