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<br />W <br />A <br />~ <br />A <br /> <br />As the Nation's pri~ciPal conservation agency, the Department of the <br />Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands <br />and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land <br />and water resource~, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the <br />environmental and c'ultural values of our national parks and historical <br />places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. <br />The Department assdsses our energy and mineral resources and works to <br />assure that their development is in the best interest of all our people. <br />The Department also' has a major responsibility for American Indian reser- <br />vat ion communit ies land for people who live in I s I and Territori es under <br />U.S. administration. <br />, I <br /> <br />Nothing in this study is intended to interpret the prOV1S10nS of the <br />Colorado River Compact (45 Stat. 1057), the Upper Colorado River Basin <br />Compact (63 Stat~ 31), the Water Treaty of 1944 with the United Mexican <br />States (Treaty Series 994, 59 Stat. 1219), the decree entered by the <br />Supreme Court of t~e United States in Arizona vs. California, et al. <br />(376 U.S. 340), the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057), the Boulder <br />Canyon Project AdjJstment Act (54 Stat. 774; 43 U.S.C. 618a), the Colorado <br />River Storage projdct Act (70 Stat. 105; 43 U.S.C. 620), the Colorado River <br />Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 885; 43 U.S.C 1501), or the Colorado River <br />Basin Salinity Conirol Act (88 Stat. 266). <br />, , <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />c.I..;c <br />