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Show Conflicts In developing the framework program, attempts were made to attain maximum multiple use of water and related resources, while enhancing the quality of life. However, in the Lower Colorado Region, the renewable water resource is inadequate to meet the existing and expected future demands. Conflicts among uses of water and related land resources exist and are expected to continue. Compromises are necessary in formulating resource development plans. Changing technologies, needs of people, and resource situations will, to a large extent, determine the management direction and the coordination needed to foster optimum resource development. There is a limit to the amount of goods and services that the land and water resource base can yield, even with anticipated technological advances. As the demands increase for more food and fiber, goods and services, recreational opportunities, open and green space, less pollution, and better environmental quality, sound management objectives will increas- ingly need, to be recognized and emphasized. This will require the management; of all the resources for the greatest benefit of all the people. Conflicts are inevitable in the competition for land and water resource development. The growing demands give rise to an important policy issue: natural resource use and conservation on the one hand versus the rapidly increasing demands of an affluent society on the other. All land and water resource development programs should mini- mize conflicts among the various preservation, conservation, develop- ment, and land-use policies. The program should provide for the coordination of all resource use and activities. The principle of "multiple use" has come to be regarded important to good resource management. "Multiple use" is a system of planning and applying management on specific areas which attempts to achieve the protection, development, and use of its various resources so that they may be utilized in the best combination, on a sustaining basis, to meet the needs of the people. Periodic adjustments will be required. Environmental considerations are involved in many of the more prominent conflicts as exemplified in the following: 1. Stream reaches that would be inundated by proposed water s.torage or flood control reservoirs often contain prime wildlife habitat. The fish and wildlife programs are aimed a,t preserving this type of habitat. However, most reser- voirs with permanent pools will provide a fishery which would offset some losses. |
