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<br />. <br /> <br />OO()159 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />G. Relationship to Federal and Federal-State Planninq Proqrams <br /> <br />Because the headwaters of four major rivers rise in the <br />state of Colorado, the state water resources planning effort <br />interfaces with several federal agencies. The Board coordinates <br />its planning activities with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation in <br />the Upper Colorado Region, Colorado River Basin; the Southwest <br />Region, Rio Grande River Basin; and the Lower Missouri Region, <br />Arkansas, South Platte, and Republican River Basins. <br /> <br />The Board coordinates its water resource planning and <br />flood control activities with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />in the Colorado River Basin through the Sacramento District Office; <br />in the Rio Grande and Arkansas River Basins through the Albuquerque <br />District Office; in the South Platte River Basin through the Omaha <br />District Office; and in the Republican River Basin through the <br />Kansas city District Office. <br /> <br />In addition, the Board also coordinates its planning <br />activities with the U. S. Department of 'Agriculture, Soil Conserva- <br />tion Service. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board is a member of the <br />ArKansas-White-Red Basin Inter-Agency Committee (AWRBIAC), the <br />Pacific Southwest Inter-Agency Committee (PSIAC), and the Missouri <br />River Basin Commission (MRBC). All of these groups are involved <br />in the National Assessment, although 'the "cwly formed MRBC is still <br />involved in commission structuring and associated problems. As the <br />state representative on these committees, the Board will be actively <br />involved in the National Assessment of the nation's water resources, <br />in Fiscal Year 1974. <br /> <br />The Board will continue to direct and coordinate the <br />present and future water ,needs of the state. In this regard, the <br />Board is currently involved in est~)lishing minimum stream flows <br />to preserve the natural environment pursuant to the recent ColoradO <br />Senate Bill 97. Minimum stream flows for the Fryingpan River were <br />established previously in consultation with the Colorado Division <br />of wildlife, the ColoradO Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, <br />the U. S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, and the U. S. <br />Forest Service as part of the Operating Principles for the Fryingpan- <br />Arkansas Project. Programs for the San Juan, the Roaring Fork, the <br />Colorado, and the Gunnison Rivers have been establis~ed and will be <br />initiated in F. Y. 1974. The San Juan study is scheduled for com- <br />pletion in F. Y. 1974. Other studies will follow in subsequent <br />years. <br /> <br />5 <br />