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420 In certain specific instances, the Bureau of Reclamation has been authorized to develop more comprehensive plans for water- resource development. Notable examples are the authoriza- tions for the Colorado River Basin, the Missouri Basin, and the Central Valley of California.160 Forest, Soil, and Water Conservation.-Throughout the foregoing discussion, repeated markers have appeared pointing toward the inseparability of land practices in comprehensive development of water resources. In the chapter on "Related Land Uses," we have already discussed in some detail the authorizations whereby the Secretary of Agriculture may undertake, independently or in cooperation with federal, state and local agencies, and private parties, programs of forest con- servation, soil conservation, and water conservation.151 It will bear repeating, however, that the establishment of the national forests was founded upon purposes which included regulation of stream flow.152 Likewise, the initial purpose of the soil-conservation program was:15S to provide permanently for the control and prevention of soil erosion and thereby to preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of reservoirs, and maintain the navigability of rivers and harbors, pro- tect public health, public lands and relieve unemploy- ment. And 1936 amendments added additional purposes, includ- ing: 15i 150 Act of December 21, 1928, § 15, 45 Stat. 1057, 1065, 43 U. S. 0. 617n; Act of July 19,1940, § 2(d), 54 Stat. 774, 775, as amended, 43 U. S. O. 618a (Supp. Ill) ; Act of July 3, 1945, § 1, 59 Stat. 318, 343; Act of October 14, 1949, § 2, 63 Stat. 852, -. 151 See supra, pp. 351-382. It should be noted at this point that the Depart- ment of Agriculture has authority to "acquire and to diffuse * * * useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word." ft. S. § 520 from Act of May 15, 1862, § 1,12 Stat. 387, 5 U. S. O. 511. 152 See supra, pp. 354-355. 153 Act of April 27,1935, § 1, 49 Stat. 163,16 U. S. C. 590a. 154 Act of February 29, 1036, § 1, 49 Stat. 1148, as amended, 16 U. S. G. 590g(a).

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