Bureau of Reclamation
Use of Reclamation Project Land and Water Surfaces
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) projects are located in the 17
Western United States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah,
Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
The public may apply to use project lands or the surfaces of any project body of water and may engage in the use only after proper authorization is received from Reclamation. Rights-of-use authorizations are not required for permitted public recreational use of recreation areas and facilities open to the public. Submission of an application for use does not constitute authority to use Reclamation lands and surfaces of water. Consideration of applications to use Reclamation project lands and water surfaces is completely discretionary and Reclamation reserves the right to refuse to authorize any use which may be incompatible with the federally-authorized purposes of Reclamation projects or interferes with Reclamation's rights or operations.
Last Reviewed: 8/28/2008