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Show icance that may be necessary for successful river operation. Therefore, vigorous efforts are being made to have this station re-established as one supported entirely by Federal funds. The Commission is continuing the collection, assembling, and analyzing of hydrographic records pertaining to the entire Colorado River Basin. Reports on proposed water-development projects compiled by various Federal and State agencies have been examined and analyzed in order to ascertain the effects of such projects on the overall development of the water resources of the river system. Forecasts of Stream Flow Forecasts of water supply have not been made by the Engineering Department, nor have any findings of fact pertaining to water deliveries or stream depletions been made. Forecasts of stream flow made by various other agencies are to be found in the files of the Commission. B. EDUCATION - INFORMATION The Upper Colorado River Commission has directed its Education and Information efforts toward promoting interstate cooperation, harmony, and united efforts; developing an understanding in other sections of the United States of the problems of the Upper Colorado River Basin; and the creation of a favorable attitude on the part of Congress toward the development of the industrial and agricultural resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin. The Commission has continued to cooperate with members of the Congressional Delegations from the Upper Colorado River Basin States and with officials of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation in seeking appropriations of funds by the Congress for the construction of the Storage Units and participating projects authorized for construction in Public Law 485, as well as funds for the investigations of additional participating projects that are given priority in planning in the Colorado River Storage Project Act. As part of this cooperation, the Commission's Engineer-Secretary has been stationed in Washington, D. C, at intermittent periods acting as liaison between the Congress and States and various departments of Government, supplying information, arranging and taking part in Congressional hearings, and providing other assistance requested. The Special Committee on Education and Information has met several times during the past year and has studied and recommended activities for the Commission on matters of Education and Information. On the recommendation of the Education and Information Committee, the brochure and pamphlet, both of which are entitled "The Colorado 22 |