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<br />-I .,. -', <br />VOl., ..-~ <br /> <br />00 I" 1. '-\ <br /> <br />with the requirements of water for irrigation, continued eurveys and <br /> <br />more detailed studies are needed prior to final cesign and operation <br /> <br />of the project to plan the most harmonious, beneficial utilization of <br /> <br />the water resources for all purposes. <br /> <br />Department of Agriculture investi~ations of the project area were <br /> <br />conduct.ed by the Soil Conservation S~rvice and by the Forest Service. <br /> <br />Their investigations reveal the vi tal importance of >Iatershed d.evelop- <br /> <br />ment for conservation benefits and advocate the adoption of the best <br /> <br />posBible watershed management on the related drainage areas so as to <br /> <br />afford maximum beneficial influence on modification of peak flood <br /> <br />flows and soil stabilization at flood sources, which also mEnns reduc- <br /> <br />tion of sedimentation and better g~ality, more nearly silt free'>Iater. <br /> <br />Further investigations in this field and development of this tYge of <br /> <br />conservation program are urgently needed in connection with the project <br /> <br />plan. As some of the project works would be located on withdraw lEJlds <br /> <br />witlrln the boundaries of national foreets, cBreful advance correlation <br /> <br />should be arranged between the Forest Service and the BurGau of Reela- <br /> <br />mation. <br /> <br />The Federal PowGr Commission has contributed power market studies <br /> <br />pnd rate dsterminations and otherwise cooperated in developing a sound <br /> <br />hydroelectric power program for the entire project area. Contributions <br /> <br />by that agency are essential to the future development of the expansive <br /> <br />p~wer pro€TGm of the project plan. <br /> <br />The Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation have coop- <br /> <br />erated closely in determining the relationship between flood and <br /> <br />conserva.tion reo',ula tion and in (1, eterl11ining flood control and sediment <br /> <br />64 <br />