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maintain the wildlife habitat and provide adequate water supplies for the production of trout both in the fish hatcheries and rearing ponds and in the natural watercourses. Restoration of groundwater levels would solve most fish and wildlife problems of the valley. A national wildlife refuge of 10,000 acres is needed in Owens Valley. It would have an annual diversion requirement of 60,000 acre-feet and a consumptive use of perhaps 40,000 acre-feet, some of which would be available as return flow for reuse. The Owens Valley unit of the Plan should include this water among the demands to be supplied in the valley. Maintenance and improvement of natural streams also must be included in plans, and would not require consumptive use of water if restricted to sections between reservoirs or between reservoirs and delivery points. The ten small fishing lakes in southern California totaling 500 surface acres and requiring 2,000 acre-feet will be planned and developed during the intermediate or long-range phase of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. A further consideration in the formulation of water-resource development plans must be the maintenance of coastal wetlands fed by drainages tributary to the sea. Wetlands of this type have all but disappeared. Diversions have reduced the feeder streams to trickles while harbor and shore construction has extinguished the wetlands by drainage and filling. It may yet prove possible to restore a few key wetlands, mainly for shore birds and waterfow. The water demands will be small, for the areas susceptible of restoration are small; but the need should be recognized both in plans for diversion of coastal streams and in selecting sites for desalting plants. Black brant, a species singularly dependent on coastal marshes, is especially noteworthy among the birds to be preserved by such restoration. Water needs of key wetlands should be provided through releases to natural channels or by other means. Site selection for desalting plants should avoid destruction of key wetlands, and where feasible, small wetlands should be acquired and developed as a part of the site landscaping for these plants. Nevada Fulfilling the established role of the Overton Waterfowl Management Area, operated by the Nevada Fish and Game Commission, will require 4,000 acre-feet of good quality water as a supplement to its present supply of waste and return irrigation water. This water can be supplied by the Moapa Valley Pumping Project of the Bureau of Reclamation. The development and intensified management dependent on the 4,000 acre-feet of new water would triple the effectiveness of the management area in supporting the waterfowl of the Pacific Flyway. This increase is sufficient to justify the water costs but monetary benefits also would accrue from the increased local hunting. In addition, in Nevada along the Colorado River immediately upstream from the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation are lands in a block of 3,300 acres and a strip about 1/2-mile wide extending 4 miles further upstream, which total about 4,600 acres that are suited to development for waterfowl and upland game. These lands contain abandoned sloughs and old river meanders occupied by good populations of quail, doves, rabbits, and some waterfowl, which support moderately heavy hunting. 31Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,641,152 byte