The increased emphasis upon comprehensive and coordinated planning indicates a need for a better and more complete understanding of the role of the State in the development and management of water and related land resources. This role depends largely on the laws, policies, and programs of the State. The purpose of this appendix is to identify and catalog those State laws, policies, and programs relating to water use and control in order to define the nature and extent of participation by the States in the development of the water and land resources of the basin. (Author).
The purposes of this document is to: (1) identify water and related land resource problems; (2) prepare a potential plan for water and related land resource development that could be accomplished under USDA programs; (3) prepare agricultural and forestry data for use of cooperating agencies in planning water and related resource projects under their programs; and (4) compile engineering, economic, and related data that local organizations could use for developing water and related land resources.
This appendix presents the proposed comprehensive plan of development for the basin and describes and analyzes the planning processes leading to its development. The plan is designed to meet existing and anticipated water and associated land resource needs of the Red River Basin below Denison Dam for the next 100 years. These needs include: water supply for municipal, industrial and irrigation uses; water quality control; flood control; drainage; watershed protection and flood prevention; navigation; bank stabilization; hydroelectric power, grazing and cropland improvements; forestry production; outdoor recreation; fish and wildlife enhancement; regional development; environmental preservation; and control of disease-bearing vectors. The plan is developed in sufficient detail to be used as a basis for obtaining Congressional authorization for projects required within the next 10-15 years, as well as providing a framework for future development of the basin's resources. The formulation process recognized that increasing the national wealth, encouraging economic development in the Red River Basin, and preserving and enhancing the physical environment of the basin are all appropriate objectives of water resource development. In developing the plan, alternative projects and plans to satisfy the various needs of the basin were assembled. These alternative projects were then evaluated and compared to isolate those that would contribute most to the basin's economy. The basic yardstick utilized in comparing alternatives was the national efficiency objective. The use of this yardstick was, however, tempered by consideration of the less tangible economic and social impacts of the alternative projects.
This Appendix, Mineral Resources, and Mineral Industry, was prepared by the Bartlesville Office of Mineral Resources in partial fulfillment of an assignment by the Coordinating Committee. Objectives of the appendix are to report on the nature and extent of mineral occurrences and of the mineral industry in the basin, and to determine the manner and scope of involvement of mineral resources and the minerals industry in basin development plans.
