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Show capacity and utilizing water in marsh development below the reservoir. Four hundred and forty acres of private land have been purchased and a lease ob- tained on 2,880 additional acres of Federal lands. In addition to the proposed wildlife restoration projects, a fish culture station to be known as Page Springs is proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice. It would be located near Clarkdale, Ariz., for propagation of trout, largemouth bass, and blue- gill sun-fish. One hundred sixty-five acres of land and a water supply of 3,500 gallons per minute are available for this purpose. Additional JNeeds Additional waterfowl restoration needs will con- tinue as long as canalization work is continued and as long as fluctuating water-level impoundments replace waterfowl and other aquatic wildlife habitat. The areas proposed for restoration or improvement are not adequate to replace the habitat which has been or will be lost when the approved projects of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers are completed. Addi- tional Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl refuges within the following drainage areas are needed: Green River in Wyoming; Colorado, Gunnison, Animas, and Mancos Rivers in Colorado; the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico; and the Gila River in Arizona. Increased public interest in waterfowl hunting is demonstrated by the fact that sales of Federal migratory waterfowl hunting stamps more than doubled during the decade 1939-49. A wild turkey restoration program is proposed for the national forests of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, once famous turkey ranges. This would include protected areas in which stream bottoms and other small water facilities would be fenced to encourage bunch grasses and areas from which cattle would be excluded and light sheep use permitted. Other phases of a restorative program would include numerous projects by the Forest Service for both large and small game. These would include better distribution of livestock, forage im- provement, and revegetation of critical game areas after the population had been controlled. Also included are improvements of stream bottoms to improve the fish habitat. Multiple-Purpose Aspects of the Program There were 14 existing multiple-purpose projects in the basin in 1950 (table 4). The best known of these probably is the Boulder Canyon Project which now has been seen by most people who have travelled in the Southwest. There are also 24 planned potential major multiple-purpose projects, including 10 units of the Colorado River Storage Project of the Bureau of Reclamation. Still further possibilities are shown in the inventory of projects prepared for the basin by the Bureau of Reclama- tion.8 About 75 additional projects with multiple purposes are included in it. "Department of the Interior, The Colorado River, (1947) H. Doc. 419, 80th Gong., 1st sess., pp. 15-17. 378 |