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<br />stabilization, .md fl,>h and wild.life
<br />features for the lower por1ion of the
<br />Parker Division wa~ deSCribed In the
<br />1973 annual report. Tht'r(> was no
<br />action on this m.mer dunng 1974.
<br />Thf' maior comlrullion .lctivilV
<br />during the year occurred In Topock
<br />\1arsh. The Bureau of R(>("ldffiallon
<br />dredged out arE-as 01 the marsh 10
<br />improve waiN circulation and reduct'
<br />'>ffiiments deposits \\l!hm tht. miH<,h.
<br />It dlso con<,lruClf'd dilt.s .md training
<br />slru(!urps <'0 as to ulili't' morE'
<br />eifPClivplv th(> watt',. rights deot't'O to
<br />th(' marsh. The work was about half
<br />completed by thp end of 1974.
<br />Planning eiforts ranged irom
<br />evaluation of a propost'd management
<br />area for the rare bIrd known as the
<br />California BI.lck Rail to studying sitf'<;
<br />for placing the m.1tenals drPdRed from
<br />the Topock SettlinR BaSin. The Bureau
<br />of Rt'Cldmation .11<;0 retdint'd ..l'veral
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<br />consulting organization", includinR
<br />universities, to conduct specializM
<br />mvestlgations of iish and wlldlif(.
<br />rMources dnd how dltt'rnaltse
<br />vegf'ldtive and ba( kV>dt('r
<br />rnandgement policies mav alf('f 1 th('st>
<br />fl'Wurce,>. The Federal,Slate lcl\\('r
<br />Colorado RivN Coordindling
<br />Committee, through the work group.
<br />partiCipated in these planning studie<;
<br />.1Od impstig<ltlom.
<br />Tht' BuredU 01 land \1anal'wrnl-'nl
<br />hd<, bet>n developlO~ plans for
<br />recommended uses of ft'deral land..
<br />locatPd dlon~ the lower river It hpld
<br />,I ~pries of public hpdrings in \1av,
<br />1974, to briei the public on the pldn~,
<br />Th~. Board, in r('spome to the
<br />propo..t'<i plam, advised the Rurp.lU oi
<br />l.lOd VlilnaRpment thai a perm.1npnl
<br />"ource of WJtet <'hould be ..e( Ufl>d jor
<br />govprnmt>nt kmds on lhp California
<br /><'ide of the Colorado RivN sinu' no
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<br />The Colorado River BO.Hd worked
<br />wllh C.llifornia\ Anarnpv GenNal in
<br />dp\ "loping revisions to tht> proposed
<br />~tlpulalt>d iud~mt'nl on prt'~ent
<br />IJI'rll't h.d right.. 10 nwt't lhp
<br />obtf'uinno; r,li<'l->d In 1,l!E:' 1qn b~' th(>
<br />U,,, Ol'partrn('nl oi Juslire on lwhali
<br />oi lhp Colorado RiVl'f Indian lritw~
<br />Prt'o;l'nl ppr1t'(Wd righh an' righh
<br />.Jtquirt>(J undf'r st.1tt' I.a.... prior to June
<br />!S. 1'l29, Ih(' elll-'clivt' dale oj lhf'
<br />Bouldt'r Canyon Projt'( t ACI. On
<br />\1ar(h 12, 1974, (hI' Anornev Gener<ll,
<br />with the nm{ llHPnn' 01 Ari70nd .1nd
<br />"''<{'v.lda, <'('nt to thl' Of'partment of
<br />lu'>tl<..p a drdfl of the propmf'd
<br />"'lIpul.ned judgmpnI, rt'vist'd <,() as to
<br />mt't'1 Ihe Dt'pdrtment 01 lustin"s
<br />objection... togt'ther with a ..latpm,'nl
<br />presenllng the SIdles' pOSition
<br />rl"AiHding thp diiieren(p<, betwPt'n
<br />Indian ri~hl.. and non-Indian pre<.pnI
<br />pt'riPttf'd nght<..
<br />Sevt'ral pHorls ~,,.re marle b~ the
<br />..t<ltps to mpt't with reprt'sent,lli\f'<; of
<br />th(' O"partmt>nt.. of Intprior and
<br />lu<,tlu' 10 di<.cu"s this i....ue. The ...alt~<,
<br />....ere Informf:'d, howev('r. that thp
<br />Dt>p.lrtmpnt of thl' Intprior had
<br />grantt'd a r('{JUt'..t irnm thl' Indidn
<br />tribp... lor it \('VI'n mOnlh dt,litv in
<br />making .1m dp,i<,inn This dl'lav 'Aa..
<br />to I-wrmit thp tribp<, 10 md(>pendf'ntlv
<br />t'valuatl' thl' claim.. 10 prp'.ent
<br />pt'rll"l.ted rights and, untillh('
<br />t'xh'nsion e~pirPd In PiHh 1975, thp
<br />it>dt'ral.Jgt'ncif's Inlormro tht' ..Iat(>';
<br />thaI lhpv did not v.'ant tn mf'l'l further
<br />With tht, ..Ial('~
<br />In \u~uq, I (j7.., thl' U.s
<br />Ot'partmt'nt oi tht' Intt'rior .mnounted
<br />Ihe tt,ln.,i('r or iull 1111(> to ,1 portion oi
<br />the ldke Havasu ..hnrt>linl' limd~ on
<br />the Clliiornlil sldt' to thl' Cht'mf'huf'vi
<br />Indldn Re...erviltlon. The lr<ln...iNfL>d
<br />1,lOd.. comi<,! oj Ihp southern IwO
<br />mill'" oi thl' shorplinf' oi lhl' Ha~ a..u
<br />'all(ln<ll Wildlife Relugp plu.. ~i),tl't>n
<br />mIll"" 01 ...harE-lint' \\hlCh, prior to thf'
<br />tr,]nqt'r. \\.'re undt'r the control oj th('
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