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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ooo!," i4 Service. The State's near-term objective is to prepare phase III, the water resources management plan. Nebraska has abandoned the concept of a State framework plan in favor of a recently legislated State water planning and review process. The process is intended to be issue-oriented with the near-term objective of providing the basis for wise legislative decisions concerning the State's water resources. wyoming's water plan will give consideration principally to identifying of multipurpose projects to facilitate the most beneficial utilization of the resources. It is an objective of all three States to promote the development of irrigated agriculture. Each recognizes irrigation as a high-priority beneficial use of water necessary for the State's economy. A specific objective of Colorado is to provide additional storage for irrigation water on the South Platte River and its tributaries and to promote system rehabilitation and other water conservation measures. Further, Colorado opposes the conversion of prime agricultural lands and water suitable for irrigated agriculture to other uses. In Nebraska, the use of water for irrigation has been declared "a natural want" in the State statutes, underscoring the State's support for continuous irrigation development. wyoming's objective is to maintain at least the current level of irrigated agriculture, improve water supplies, and develop additional feasible projects. Each of the three States desires to reduce damages caused by floods through a combination of structural and nonstructural measures. Although it is an objective of each State to preserve fish and wildlife resources and habitat, only Colorado officially recognizes the maintenance of instream flows for habitat as a beneficial use. wyoming specifically calls for fish and wildlife resources to be considered in all planning processes. 7-7