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Show The Commission has continued to be active in urging the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation to continue investigations of additional participating projects in order that further project authorizations may be sought at an early date. The Upper Colorado River Commission is following the policy of cooperation with representatives of water organizations in all parts of the nation who are interested in natural resources development. Hundreds of letters of inquiry about basin-wide development of resources of the Upper Basin, as contemplated by the Colorado River Storage Project and participating projects, have been answered during the past year. At the request of the Senate Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs, and Public Works, the Upper Colorado River Commission, through a special committee, submitted comments and recommendations on S. Res. 281, 84th Congress. This resolution pertains to the establishing of criteria for the evaluation by the Congress of water-use projects presented to Congress for approval. These comments are printed in a Committee Print dated January 4, 1957, entitled, "Conservation and Development of Water Resources, Memorandum of the Chairmen to Members of the Senate Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs, and Public Works in Connection with S. Res. 281 of the 84th Congress". Acknowledgments The Commission acknowledges with appreciation the assistance it has received from agencies of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Indian Affairs and the U. S. Geological Survey. The Commission especially wishes to recognize the difficult and able work done by the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress from the five Upper Colorado River Basin States who have devoted so much of their time and effort to the development of the water resources of the Upper Basin. -12- |