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<br />-; ...-.... . ....... <br />oU~"; <br /> <br />Cibola Division <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />During 1973, the Boa~~ sta:f reviewed 2nd c~~~ented upon a draft <br />environmental statS'TIE'nt from the Euys?u .)f Soorolj Ji'iC'heries and \1ild- <br />life on a proposal to ac:::,u2Te ~., 207 2-"?es of" non-i"edcl'al lands ,orithin <br />the Cibola National Uilc:l:LCe refuge, located in both California and <br />Arizona. One of the iteITis 1,hlch was c();""rrO~ntaG. ,,-pon ,'laS a plan to <br />divert mainstream "later fro;" t.he CoJ.ori',do RiT':r t::> restore Tl1i^ee <br />Fingers Lake and other hist.oric ,"f!~tJ.and8 within the Refuge in <br />California. It was poh,ted out t:lat the priority dat.e of Aur:;ust 21, <br />196~, for mainstream Colorado River ,'later for tllt) Refuge is so late <br />that, for all practical purposes, there Hauld be no "later available <br />on a permanent basis for Refuge lands lo/it;hin California. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Other planning work in the Cibola Division during 1973 concerned <br />the dredging by th8 Bur9aou of ReclcElation of 2. small boat access <br />channel from the lower end of the Cibola Cut to the Halter's Camp <br />area and the design of a pumping plnnt to divert Color&c.o River "rater <br />into Cihol.'l I,ake to increase wa'~er circulation. <br /> <br />EnviLQ~~ntal Reseacch <br /> <br />The Eureau of Reclar.lation awarded a contract to Jl.rizon,q State <br />University to conduct a 3-year vegetative manaGement researc!1 study <br />along the lower Colorado River from Davis Dam to t;he Southerly <br />International Boundary with Mexico. The study would determine the <br />effects of various vegetative types en wildlife. <br /> <br />Other environmental research being cOl1tinued in the il,eCt included <br />a study of the fishery potential of dredged backwater Jokes ,'[,<.1 a <br />study of the endangered Yuma Clapper Rail. <br /> <br />California Environmental Goals <br />and Pot:hcv Report 0 <br /> <br />Durin!:; 1973, the Governor approved th8 final report "ElOv:Lror- <br />mental Goals and Policy", which provides all levels of gov",i"nmL1'0 <br />with general environmental goals and p'jlicies for use in planning <br />future grm-r.:.h and developnent. The repc,rt". Lists e;wironmental <br />noc;ources of "Statewide Critical Conce.:n" ane: ;:State~"ide Inteo'est" <br />on \"Thich measures must be undertaken to mi!1inize detrimental '3.ctivi- <br />ties.. Of particular sil;nificance to the Eoard is the tempor"'.r~'1 <br />designations of the C:>loraclo River from Topock GorGe to Imperial Dam <br />es c' premium wato rv,ay , LaJ~8 Havasl..! as r.Hrsh c.nd VlioLdJ.ife habitats, <br />",::.:1 the Topock Gorge r8[;ior. "ic a park, i'eserve, and wilderness area. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />RGGIO;~AL \rATER. Aim PO\JSR DEVELOPIillNT <br /> <br />oj <br /> <br />. Uestern S1::..~~,s \J;Jter C_~nci\ <br /> <br />The \Jest,ern St.ateA \Jater Cot:ncil was est.'lblishe1 by the Hestern <br />Governor's Conference in 1961,. and 1965 to promote effective cooper- <br /> <br />- 25 - <br />