A Summary of the Fish and Wildlife Features of the Central Arizona Project and the Pacific Southwest Water Plan

Abstract

Report: "Summary of the Fish and Wildlife Features of the Central Arizona Project and the Pacific Southwest Water Plan", February 1965, page viiNational trends toward larger population, industrial growth, and urbanization have been felt strongly in the drier parts of the West. The Southwest has attracted much of the nation's military research and development connected with atomic weapons. With increases in leisure and vacation travel, the West has become one of the nation's important centers of tourism and outdoor recreation. All this is altering the pattern of water demand.... But the big question still remains: what allocation of water uses will best serve the long-run economic development of a locality, state, region, or the whole country?.... Resources for the Future, Inc. Annual Report, 1959Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,724,391 byte