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<br />. <br />I <br />I C> <br />C:), <br />tA") <br /> e!>. <br />I . <br />~ <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />II. STATE-REGIONAL FUTURES BY STATES <br /> <br />Summaries of State-Regional Futures by State are included in this <br />chapter for each of the eight states in the Arkansas-White-Red Region. <br /> <br />Narratives relating to State-Regional goals, objectives and futures <br />as expressed by representatives of each of the states are included j II <br />Section A. These statements show a wide range of goals and objectives <br />quite comparable to the wide range of topography and climate that <br />exists. The highest mountains of Colorado in the upper Arkansas rise <br />over 14,000 feet in elevation. In contrast the lowest elevation is in <br />Red River of Louisiana and Texas which approaches sea level. The climate <br />is almost as dramatic. It is arid or semi-arid in the plains and valleys <br />of New Mexico, Colorado, western Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and sub- <br />humid or humid in eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and in all of Missouri, <br />Arkansas, and Louisiana. <br /> <br />In general summary the States express goals and objectives favoring <br />the improvement of the livelihood of their citizens while preserving or <br />enhancing the quality of life under the very extreme range of circumstances <br />that exist in the Arkansas-White-Red Region. <br /> <br />Section B of this chapter includes data listed as Figure 1 for each <br />State, including a summary for the region, relating to Socio-Economic <br />Characteristics. <br /> <br />Section C includes Figures Z and 3 which contain data for each state <br />and for the region relating to water withdrawals and consumptive use, <br />respec tively. <br /> <br />Section D includes narrative material for each state relating to <br />non-volumetric uses such as environmental resources, recreation, water <br />quali ty, etc., which relate significantly to the general welfare of man. <br /> <br />The chapter is concluded in Section E with data relating to public <br />participation resulting from the review of data circulated by represent- <br />atives of each of the eight basin states. Available lists of those public <br />participants who received material relating to this portion of the assess- <br />ment are included in this section along with other pertinent data. <br /> <br />Figure 4, "Instream Flow Needs" and Figure 5, "Water Supplies" are <br />not included in the State summaries of Chapter II, but are included in <br />Chapter III and the appendix. The reasons for this are that the Guide- <br />lines require a summary of instream flow needs at principal exit points <br />of each ASA, and the water supplies involve estimated modified flows by <br />ASA's which, in many cases, are not measured or estimated at state lines <br />for numerous streams, small or large. <br /> <br />However, the purposes that were intended to be displayed under in- <br />stream flow needs require some explanation in Chapter II, the State- <br />Regional Futures by States. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />