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Show 333 Under this authorization, funds are made available to the Service for maintenance of recreational facilities in reservoir areas such as the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Coulee Dam National Recreation Area.87 Use of waters of national parks for recreational purposes is permitted subject to prescribed regulations.88 Appropriations are also expressly authorized for the:89 investigation and establishment of water rights in ac- cordance with local custom, laws, and decisions of courts, including the acquisition of water rights or of lands or interests in lands or interests in rigjhts-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in the administration and public use of the national parks and monuments. Recreational uses also find some recognition in legislation concerning national forests. For example, the Secretary of Agriculture has authority to rent or lease to "responsible" per- sons or corporations, "suitable spaces and portions of ground near, or adjacent to, mineral, medicinal, or other springs, within any national forest reserves," for the purpose of erecting sani- tariums or hotels open to the public.90 He is similarly author- ized to permit, for periods not exceeding 30 years, occupancy of national forests "for the construction of summer homes, hotels, stores, or other structures needed for recreation or pub- lic convenience, not exceeding five acres to any one person or association." 91 Reference should also be made to the so-called "O and C lands" under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.92 Here, Congress provided for sustained-yield man- agement of timberlands for express purposes, including pro- 87 Unpublished Memorandum of Agreement, Bureau of Reclamation and National Park Service, August 29, 1936; Unpublished Memorandum of Agreement, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, and Office of Indian Affairs, December 18,1946. " 86 O. P. B. 1.4,1.6,1.7. 89 Act of August 7,1946, 60 Stat. 885,16 U. S. G. 17J-2 (g). 90 Act of February 28, 1899, § 1, 30 Stat. 908, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 495. 91 Act of March 4,1915,38 Stat. 1086,1101,16 U. S. O. 497. M See infra, pp. 358-359. |