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~01570 I I . I NlIDnUCfIIJI The Colorado Water Conservation Board is conducting a broad water resources study of tributary watersheds of the Colorado River Basin in Colorado. These studies are being made to provide a basis for coordinating further planning for development and use of water and related land resources. The Colorado Water Conservation Board initi- ated a 'study of the water and land resources of the San ,Juan River Basin in Colorado. Since the drainage area of the basin extends into Arizona, Colorado. New Mexico and Utah. and problems relating to deve- . lopment and use of water and related land resources are distributed throughout the basin without respect to state boundaries. the rolorado Water Conservation Board invited the state agencies with similar res- ponsibilities to participate in the study. As a consequence of their interests in the basin. the New r'~exico State Engineer. Utah's Department of ~!atural Resources. and Arizona I s State Land Department have joined with Colorado in the conduct of this survey to the end that mutual interests may be recognized and opportunities for development appraised. Within this framework. the survey will be basin-wide in the collection. analysis. and presentation of information while recognizing separate interests and objectives of the four states in their parts of the drainage basin. The participating states need information for solving water and related land resources problems and to study relationships between future deve- lop~ents. Information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will fill the gap that exists between farm-by-farm conservation operations informa- tion and the larger project-type information now available. or to be made available, by the Corps of Engineers. Bureau of Reclamation, and other federal agencies. Participation of the U.S. Oepartment of Agriculture was authorized under provisions of Section f. Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 566). P:3rd Congress. as amended, and supplemented. This authorizes the Department to cooperate with other federal. state and local agencies in making investigations and surveys of watersheds or rivers as a basis for development of coordinated programs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's participation was in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding among the Economic Research Service, U.S. Forest Service. and the Soil Conservation Service. dated February 2, 1956, and revised April 15. 1968. Survey work by the U.S. Department of A9riculture was carried out by technicians of the Soil Conservation Service, Forest Service, and Economic Research Service under the direction of a USDA Field Advisory Committee, Colorado Rivers, composed of representatives of the above agenci es. I1-l