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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1965 'lIB .-!.~ :,,\. ~~i, of irrigation water was moderate because of local rainfall. Most of the time this year after the June floods the Reservoir has been full and spills have been made from the Flood 1'001 in instances more than enough to supply the demands of irrigators. This Is the first time In 16 years since the Compact has been in operation that there has been any water tn the CIood pool. Water above the Conservation Pool Is under the jurisdiction of the Anny Engineers and as soon as possible after the fiood subsided they discharged flood ~.ter down to tile agreed level and have continued to do so all fall. Early in the summer when water was available for storage in the Great Plains the Ft. Lyon canal at Adobe Creek and the Kicking Bird above McClave had both been hadly damaged by the fiood. Both were promptly repaired but the capacity was somewhat reduced by the fresh fills. Later this fall water for storage was diverted at the Ft. Lyon storage canal headgate near Fowler and carried past an experimental concrete JIning project on the Ft. Lyon through Adobe Creek Reservoir into the main canal thence to the Kicking Bird and Great Plains. This was accomplished with the cooperation of several ditch companies upstream and River Administrative officials. Funds made available in the Disaster Area rrom Federal sources to Ditch Companies enabled them to hire eqUipment which speeded up repairs on all the ditches. Our employees are to be commended for prompt reports of flooding and lor the action they took in protecting our ditch structures. The Army Engineers are making an emergency flood control survey of the Arkansas River from Great Bend, Kansas west. Structures may be considered on some of the tributaries in Colorado to control" future floods, or to store water. The Amity Mutual Irrigation Co. is especially interested in any structures that would control flows on Mud or Caddoa Creeks and on Big Sandy or Cheyenne Creeks. In the irrigated section north of Lamar more than 70 square miles drain to the Amity and in this section man made drainage ditches follow natural courses as far as the Amity Canal and stop. These drains that have become enlarged with time, conduct any rainfall very quickly to the Amity ditch. Excessive run off from these sources cause the Amity to spill at run off sections, or break, a:; the capacity is usualI.y restricted at County bridges. This situation, while peculiar to Amity should ktterast the HiRhway o.~p!\~1rnent, thl~ County Commissioners, Drainage Boards and local land owners. It is hoped that the Army Engineers can make a thorough study of this situation along with the other flood control problem s. The rush by Colorado Fish and Game Commission to complete Clay Creek Dam before outlet specifications and operation principalS had been worked out, proved disastrous. The June 18th flood not only Page 4