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Show HUNGRY HORSE PREDICTION 21 potentially phosphate rock, and magnesium and potash salts constitute some of the most important mineral resources in the upper basin. Among the other mineral resources mentioned in the area were carnallite, pegmatite, beryl, mica, lithium, columbite-tantalite, feldspar, "and numerous undiffer- entiated rare earth minerals." Also listed were zircon, quartz, hafnium and thallium. The Indian Bureau was enthusiastic about the project, pointing out that 38,000 Indians lived in the project area, and were "almost entirely dependent on the natural resources of their lands which are inadequate for their minimum needs." 18 There would be strong dif- ferences of opinion on this assertion, especially after it was revealed that the Navajo Tribe alone had more than $100 million in its treasury. The longest and most comprehensive comment on the crsp came from the Fish and Wildlife Service, and it was apparent that some of the biologists looked with disfavor on many aspects of it. "The construction of dams and reservoirs as pro- posed in the project," said the Service.19 "would, in general, destroy all present big game, upland game, fur animal and waterfowl habitat in the reservoir areas. The ten . . . project reservoirs would, when filled to maximum capacity, inundate seven hundred miles of stream fisheries . . The fluctuating reservoirs would provide only poor type resting areas for ducks, unattractive shore lines for fur animals, and would ex- pand the production of already abundant rough fish at the expense of all the above-mentioned more desirable forms of wildlife." The law required some comment from the Public |