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<br />1480 <br /> <br />Clallification of Public Lands. Lower <br />Colorado River <br />The Bureau of Land Management con- <br />ducted public hearings during 1970 in Nee- <br />dles, California, and Yuma, Arizona, on a <br />proposed classification of public lands along <br />the lower Colorado River and the Bill Wil- <br />liams River in Arizona for multiple use man- <br />agement. The area totals 424,729 acres, of <br />which 268,521 acres are in California and ad- <br />jacent to, but not contiguous to, the main- <br />stream of the Colorado River, <br />At the hearings it was explained that the <br />lands were considered to be valuable for pub- <br /> <br />44 <br /> <br />lic uses, on a multiple use basis, and that pre- <br />vious uses for homesteading and land sales <br />had proved unworkable, After consideration <br />of all comments, the Bureau of Land Manage- <br />ment announced on November 9, 1970, that <br />the classification for multiple use manage- <br />ment had been adopted. The classification <br />has the effect of segregating the lands from <br />appropriation under the agricultural land <br />laws and from sale, but does not prescribe <br />specifically how the lands will be used. <br />Therefore, the effect of the classification, if <br />any, on water use along the river cannot be <br />determined at this time. <br />