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The basic facilities that would be provided at the reservoirs include access roads, parking areas, beaches, boat launching ramps, picnic and campground areas, public utilities, comfort stations, and related items. The new reservoirs would create new, large water areas for boating, fishing, swimming, and water skiing, and, additionally, would provide new access to some of the most spectacular scenery in the Nation, particularly at Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon Reservoirs. No costs are included for recreational developments of the Lower Colorado River Land Use Plan, although under ultimate development, it is estimated that recreation use possibly would total 34 million visitor-days. The necessary facilities which are highly desirable and should be installed at an early date are to be provided by non-Federal agencies; thus, no monetary recreation benefits are reflected in the analysis of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. There will be a full coordination of the Lower Colorado River Land Use Plan with the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. Cooperative Federal-State studies of recreation potentials should be expedited to determine additional recreation measures and related water requirements for the achievement of optimum overall program benefits. Fish and Wildlife--The plan includes adequate features for the conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources. The use of water for fish and wildlife purposes is recognized as beneficial and necessary. Water would be supplied at Federal cost from project sources directly, or by exchange, for the operation of both Federal and State fish and wildlife installations, including fish hatcheries, fishing lakes, wildlife management areas, and refuges. Sufficient water would also be provided to insure permanent pools in reservoirs and minimum streamflows needed for fish life and related public recreation opportunities. The water requirements for present and future fish and wildlife installations within the Pacific Southwest region are estimated at about 407,000 acre-feet of consumptive use per annum. Present annual consumptive uses made under varying water right conditions amount to about 46,000 acre-feet. The Supreme Court opinion in Arizona v. California, et al. (373 U.S. 546), allowed for consumptive use within the Havasu Lake and Imperial National Wildlife Refuges a maximum of 60,339 acre-feet per annum; however, the amount actually available within that total will be dependent, among other things, upon the relative priorities for the refuges as against other priorities recognized under the Boulder Canyon Project Act in the States of use. Thus, additional water requirements amount to about 301,000 acre-feet of consumptive use per year, a portion of which will be VI-12Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,008,320 byte