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<br />STATEMENT OF TIlE COLORADO WATER CONSERVAT ION BOARD
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<br />COLORADO ARKANSAS RIVER COl,1P1C T COll/.llSSIONERS
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<br />Concerning the
<br />RECREATIONAL ASPECTS OF 1'IlE JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR PROJECT
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<br />ThiB statsment is. made on behalf of the Colorado ~ater Conserva-
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<br />the Arkansas Ri~er Compact Commission.
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<br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board was oreated under Chapter
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<br />(a) To oonfer with and appear before ~he offioers, representa-
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<br />tivss, boards. bureaus, comrodttees, oommissions,.or other agencies of the
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<br />. Federal government, for the purpose of protecting and asserting the author-
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<br />utmost prevention of floods; and to cooperate with the United States and
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<br />Aoting under suoh authority, the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
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<br />at a regular meeting held on the 14th or September 1945. adopted a resolu-
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<br />al aspeots of the John llartin Reservoir Project. A oopy of this resolution
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