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<br />o <br />If''") <br />CO <br />.-.j <br /> <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />(1) Withdrawals <br /> <br />None of the BLM lands indicated as service area has yet <br />been withdrawn for the project. In every case, these <br />public lands are small segments of large irrigated meadows <br />which extend into the public domain. Most are only a few <br />acres in size, and when described by aliquot parts of legal <br />subdivisions, aggregate 410 acres. Use of these lands for <br />irrigated hay meadows has not been authorized and consti- <br />tutes a trespass. <br /> <br />Those public lands could be withdrawn under the Reclamation <br />Act of June 1902, and the parcels subsequently sold under <br />the Reclamation Sale Act of 1950. It is recommended that <br />such withdrawals be confined to the smallest aliquot parts <br />actually involved. The present determination of these <br />areas may not have been precise enough to identify with <br />certainty the aliquot parts of subdivisions that should be <br />withdrawn. A final on-the-ground identification and <br />determination of these parts may require amendment of the <br />aliquot parts descriptions. Withdrawal and subsequent <br />disposal by the Bureau of Reclamation under their 1950 sale <br />authority of only these identified (or amended) smallest <br />aliquot parts is recommended. This appears to be, for both <br />agencies, the most efficient method of regulating the <br />existing trespass and transferring the land to private <br />ownership. Since the project is to serve only the identi- <br />fied presently irrigated land, no further withdrawals are <br />considered necessary. <br /> <br />(2) Rights-of-Way <br /> <br />The 7.7-mile Crookton Canal and adjacent service road will <br />traverse a total of about 2 miles of public domain, and <br />intercept a number of roads (on both publiC domain and pri- <br />vate lands), presently giving hunting and recreation access <br />to public land and national forest lands lying south of the <br />proposed canal location. With extensive wild land recrea- <br />tion an important contribution to the local economy, both <br />physical and legal access to these public lands should be <br />maintained. Upon submission by the Bureau of Reclamation <br />of a finalized canal location, including centerline descrip- <br />tion, the BLM should then identify its specific access re- <br />quirements to these public lands and discuss specifications <br />and feasibility considerations with Bureau of Reclamation <br />planners and designers. It is recommended that the Crook- <br />ton Canal and laterals be accommodated by a right-of-way. <br /> <br />60 <br />