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CONCLUSIONS AND ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS A. The State of Colorado, in cooperation with the Water and Power Resources Service, has completed two phases of its State water plan--a legal framework and a resource inventory. The State needs to develop the water resources management plan. It is recommended that the Water and Power Resources Service accelerate its schedule for assisting the State of Colorado in preparing the State water plan. B. Studies indicate that no reliable source of water is available for irrigating high-quality lands along the Cedar River and Loup River in Nebraska. A feasibility study for a multipurpose Federal project has been terminated. It is recommended that the Water and power Resources Service conduct a broad water management study for parts of the Loup River Basin which includes the Cedar River drainage. C. The recommended plan elements contained in the Missouri River Basin Commission's "Platte River Basin, Nebraska, Level B Study" were adopted in 1976 to constitute the approved regional plan for the area studied. All of those recommendations were reconsidered during the current update and preparation of the recommended plan for the Platte-Niobrara Subbasin. Several of the level B recommendations have been completed, most of the remainder have been incorporated in the current recommended plan elements or have been deferred from further consideration. A number of other platte level B plan elements continue to be recommended including: Recommended legislative and institutional policy actions: Enact Nebraska Environmental Policy Act Implement Land Use Planning and Management Program Mitigate Fish, Wildlife, and Environmental Damages Regulate Channel Alterations Manage Public School Land and Right-of-Way for Wildlife Habitat 7-22 ''''" I I I. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I