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The state program for pollution abatement is based on preventing 

 all new sources of pollution and then setting requirements to be met by 

 the existing cases. The first portion of this program is well under way and 

 the second phase is getting started. It is hoped that progress will continue 

 until the present hazard to our fisheries resources is removed and the large 

 areas of streams and bays now unsuitable for recreational use are restored 

 to a useful condition. 



INTERSTATE WATERS 



In addition to the program on the Colorado River being conducted 

 jointly with the State of Arizona, several conferences were held with 

 personnel of the Nevada Fish and Game Commission, resulting in co- 

 operative working plans for interstate waters which should assist both 

 states in better management of these waters. 



WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD PROJECTS 



At its 1947 Session the State Legislature adopted an act known as 

 the AVildlife Conservation Act of 1947 and transferred $9,000,000 due 

 the State from horse racing operations from the General Fund to the 

 Wildlife Restoration Fund. This fund, to be used for capital expendi- 

 tures, is administered by the Wildlife Conservation Board. The board 

 receives proposals for projects from sportsmen's and other conservation 

 groups, federal and state agencies, and individuals and passes on their 

 worth. Approved projects are allocated funds, which are then transferred 

 to the Fish and Game Commission, which carries out the actual construc- 

 tion, operation, management, and maintenance of the projects. 



Figure 17. Right wing of flow maintenance dam at Stony Ridge Lake, El Dorado 

 County. Note outlet box in left center of photograph, at end of dam, to regulate flow 



in stream below dam. 



