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<br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />OJ1823 <br /> <br />dedicated to beneficial use under State law and must, serve many pur- <br /> <br />poses, including: but not limited to domestic~ livestock; irrigation, <br /> <br />power, industry, mining, municipal, and rec'reation. Multipurpose <br /> <br />use of water is common and is becoming increasingly more important <br /> <br />to satisfy existing demands and the pressure of new demands. <br /> <br />There is more land in public ownership in the Pacific Southwest <br /> <br />tha,n is privately owned. About 60 percent of the land is federally <br /> <br />. owned and administered as the national land reserve, the national <br /> <br />forests, Indian allotments, reservation, and national monuments <lond <br /> <br />parks. Public and privately owned lands commonly are intermingled <br /> <br />in agricultural operations. This situation permitsfreque,nt changes <br /> <br />in operating unit boundaries. Generally, where there are large <br /> <br />acreages of private lands, both intensive and, extensive fencing is <br /> <br />practiced to maintain bound<lories and provide one essential element <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />contributing.to good range management. Changing boundaries some- <br /> <br />time,S prese,nt the need for additional livestock water facil,ities. <br /> <br />Fencing, where intensive, may show the need for greater numbers <br /> <br />of facilities. <br /> <br />" ,$urf/l.ce storage for range livestock generally req,uires a right <br />\'" ' <br />,\""" <br /> <br />under State law. State statutes, rules, and regulations concerning <br /> <br />such things as size of structur,e, amount of wa,ter stor,es, and type of <br /> <br />construction vary among ,States. <br />