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IJ 1\ I I ~ I I report wa;Lcif ia'iticular interest to the Colo- rado River Board because of its inclusion of the Colorado River as a premium scenic fish- ery, wildlife, and recreational waterw~y, Both the Colorado River Board and the LCRCG reviewed the draft report and pre- sented comments and recommendations to the special Resources Agency staff. The Board's major recommendations are summa- rized as follows: I. The California Protected Waterways Plan should recognize that the Colorado River is both an inter- state and an international river and is subject to federal control. Various federal statutes, interstate compacts, Supreme Court decisions, and the Mexi- can Water Treaty control the operation of the riv- er. 2. Because the draft report was prepared before the LCRCG's final report was adopted as state policy and released, it did not reflect that official expres- sion of state policy. This statement of policy pro- vided one of the strongest declarations of state pol- icy and interest for any waterway in California. \ r The Protected Waterways Program should be coor- dinated through the LCRCG, particularly in rela- tion to the Lower Colorado River Management Program of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. 3. The plan should recognize that the Colorado River provides a supplemental source of water and power to over 10,000,000 people and 700,000 acres of irri- gated land in Southern California. 4. The draft report contained the statement: "Coordi- nation of the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and interstate compacts with relation to the Colo- rado River and Lake Tahoe should be required." It was recommended that the statement be deleted because it is vague and 3 source of controversy. 5. The draft report should recognize that the Colo- rado River will have different classifications for different reaches and that only a portion of the Colorado River could be classified as a premium scenic, fishery. wildlife, and recreational water- way. At the close of 1970, the draft report was being revised for submission of the "initial elements" ofthe California Protected Water- ways Plan to the Legislature in early 1971. 31