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- 14 - by operators on an individual or group basis under the Soil Conservation District program. The sponsors have not requested other water management uses for the project since storage and recreation are available in Vallecito Reservoir, and agricultural and non- agricultural water uses are incorporated in the Navajo Reservoir. Foreseeable municipal and commercial uses are adequately taken care of by present facilities. Water rights are not a problem in this watershed as no additional storage, diversion, or pumping is planned. The ~ureau of Indian Affairs have rights for an additional 50 c.f.s;,but have stated that they do not wish to increase the diversion and canal capacities for this purpose. PROJECTS OF OTHER AGENCIES Supplemental irrigation water from the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Pine River project is used within the watershed. Construction funds for this project were provided by the Interior Department Appropriation Act of August 7, 1937 (50 Stat. 595). Construction began in May 1938. All major features were completed by 1941. The project stores water in the Vallecito Reservoir from the upper Los Pinos River on the western slope of the Continental Divide for multiple-purpose utilization. The primary use of the water is to provide a supplemental water supply to the Pine River Project con- sisting of about 51,000 acres of irrigated land in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The Bureau of Reclamation operates all project features of this .reservoir so as to mee t: (1) the direct flow rights and the storage rights of all of the various individual and group ditch company participants in the Pine River Irrigation District with funds advanced by the water users, of which one-sixth is furnished by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and (2) the downstream commitments to the Navajo Reservoir for multiple-purpose use and the Lower Colorado River Compact insofar as is possible. The Pine River Canal Company is a carrier for the water of the Spring Creek Ditch Company and the Bureau of Indian Affairs for a fixed fee and for the shares of the water owned by individuals within the project area. With the withdrawal of the proposed Pine River Project Extension by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1959, there are no known or special water-use plans proposed in the Los Pinos River basin that would have .an adverse effect upon the proposed plan for the Pine River Watershed Project.