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lakes. The annual consumptive water needs of these new facilities, when combined with the existing installations, is estimated at 246,659 acre-feet. However, of this total, 32,720 acre-feet represents existing water rights at present installations and 60,339 acre-feet represents water reserved for the Imperial and Havasu National Wildlife Refuges under the Supreme Court decree. Thus, the net increase in consumptive use of water for fish and wildlife installations Under the Pacific Southwest Water Plan will amount to only 153,600 acre-feet annually. The Cibola National Wildlife Refuge represents the most important single facility for fish and wildlife in the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. This refuge will be located along both sides of the Colorado River about 50 miles upstream from Imperial Dam. It is vital to the preservation of the Great Basin Canada Goose, whose wintering habitat has been severely reduced by channelization and diversions in the lower Colorado River valley. It is also important to other waterfowl. The new Refuge will provide excellent new fish and hunting opportunities and other outdoor recreation for thousands of people. The Cibola Refuge will include some 16,200 acres of land and will require a diversion of about 27,000 acre-feet of water of which about 14,000 acre-feet will be for consumptive use. All of the water diversion and use will occur in Arizona. The capital costs of requiring and developing the Refuge, totaling $2,700,000, will be funded as an integral part of the costs for implementing the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. The plan includes several smaller wildlife management areas in both Arizona and California for administration by the State fish and game agencies. These developments are designed to provide increased recreational hunting opportunities in those portions of the two States in the region where such opportunities are most needed. The Pacific Southwest Water Plan includes also substantial measures to meet the needs of the public for recreational fishing opportunities. Chief among these is the provision of a water supply for 50 fishing lakes, which will be constructed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department at a cost to it of $17.5 million. When completed, these lakes will supply 2 million sun-days of recreational fishing, mostly for trout, each year. Benefits to the overall plan from this measure alone are estimated at $6 million annually. The lakes will average 100 acres in size and will be located in the higher elevations of Arizona and most will be within 100 miles of the Phoenix-Tucson population center. Water in the amount of 40,000 acre-feet a year for the lakes will be provided from the Central Arizona Project, either directly or through water exchanges, on a non-reimbursable basis in recognition of the widespread benefits and the heavy investment by the State in these facilities. The plan also includes 14 fishing lakes in California for construction at Federal cost to mitigate losses to existing fishing streams from channelization. It provides for two Federal fish hatcheries, two State fish hatcheries, and a fishery management program to permit realization of option fishing opportunities on the project reservoirs and other waters 2Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,307,328 byte