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<br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br />i4T3 <br /> <br />Section II <br />'rho Prc-c;on~~ro,,~.d.on(\J. l'ur:;.0.u 193'7-19.'32 <br /> <br />In this section of the hir.tor~ of t..e l"ryincpan- <br /> <br />Arkansas Project we will look nt the ~M:0r ~vent3 in tho project <br /> <br />which occurred in tho porion 1Q)'I-1'752 "n'" laid thc crouml ,lark <br /> <br />for tne projects introuuction in ConE;reos. <br /> <br />First of all, in 1937, followinG l'H1l1Y YllRr~' of no statc <br /> <br />organization in water matter:J, water u~<or2. in the state beGan <br /> <br />pressine; for such an l\~ency nnd fl.S a result the Colorado ;vllter <br /> <br />Conocrvation 30ard was established by the 3tat~ legiolature. <br /> <br />This board was headed by the Governor, a director, a~ld repre- <br /> <br />sentatives from various areas througnout the state. 'Ihi8 aGency <br /> <br />could now provide official leallership not onl;,: fo r intra 8tn te <br />20 <br />but also interstate matters as Hell. JudGe Clifford stone ',.,r'lS <br /> <br />the first Director of the Goloroclo ;lutor Gon::orv!,ti.on :~oa!'d fl~1'':, <br /> <br />imroediately began negotiations betweon tho Sasterrl llm1 ;,-Jostert: <br />21 <br />Slopes in rogard to a diversion projoct. It no~ beco~cs ob- <br /> <br />vious that serious Hork is beginnine (\II the project urld that <br /> <br />one of the early problems of the project h~s been solved with <br /> <br />the creation of the Colorauo "-later ConservlCltion DOl.\r<,l. <br /> <br />The start of this intereat in water centered in th8 1u <br /> <br />Junta rtlgion and soon 3pread to Pueblo and other areas i.n the <br /> <br />Southeastern section of the state. Two important people who <br /> <br />cO <br />Christy, p. 42. <br />21 <br />Hoag, p. 130. <br />