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Show Irrigation and Drainage-The "l60-acre limitation" reclamation law, long recognized as uneconomic in many areas, is becoming increasingly questionable under price-cost pressures facing irrigated agriculture in recent years. Consideration should be given to substituting for this wl60-acre limitation" provision in reclamation law, an "acre-limitation" based on a productivity classification of project lands. Other problems facing irrigated agriculture are changes in water law establishing "priorities of use." The conversion of irrigation water to other -uses could create many problems for the irrigation interests, for urban areas, and for state and local governments. Recreation-Implementation of the framework program for recreation will require legislation to amend existing statutes governing Federal participation in recreational activities; to establish new statutes providing for Federal funding; to establish new Federal and state land use policies and goals; and to establish funding and administrative authority relative to beautification, water and sewage treatment facil- ities, and other water quality control measures. State legislation needed would include laws establishing state land use policies, recognizing the multiple-use management principle; making state lands available to local entities for recreation uses; enabling and strengthening zoning statutes; and requiring grazing lessees to per- mit public access for recreational purposes. Fish and Wildlife-State programs that benefit the general public and include the preservation of wildlife resources for all people must have a broader base for financing than the sportsman's dollar. Other programs "that benefit the general public and need general funds are those not directly related to fishing and hunting, such as conservation education, management and research for nongame species, and participa- tion in programs for the preservation of endangered species. In addi- tion, sta~te and Federal legislative and administrative changes are needed to provide the appropriate lands and associated agencies with adequate funds to accelerate programs and to develop fish and wildlife facilities to meet public demands for the use of the fish and wildlife resources. Wate:r Quality-Water quality problems of the basin are currently being defined by the cooperative efforts of local, state, and Federal participants in the abatement conference proceedings on the Colorado River Basin, under the authority of the Water Quality Act of 1965. The search for solutions to the water quality problems so defined must nec- essarily extend to an examination of existing legal systems and insti- tutional arrangements to determine their effectiveness in implementing any proposed plan for the management of water quantity and quality. 136 |