WSP10781

• File Number: 8210.470
• Description: Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/27/1962
• Author: Kirk M Sandals
• Title: Special River Basins Studies of the US Department of Agriculture
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Cape Fear River (N.C.)

The Department continued cooperation with the Corps of Engineers and the
State of North Carolina in a survey of the Cape Fear (including the Haw)
River Basin in developing alternate plans for the reduction of floodwater
and sediment damages and the utilization of its water and related land re-
sources, A joint report, completed and submitted to members of Congress
concerned, presented two alternative methods for the development of the water
resources of the basin for agricultural, industrial, municipal, recreational
and other uses.

Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Basin Areas

The Soil Conservation Service is cooperating with various field offices of
the Corps of Engineers in the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Basin
areas to determine the effect upon agricultural lands and crops of proposed
major drainage projects of the Corps of Engineers,

IJp~er Willamette and Deschutes River (Ore~.)

The Department continued cooperating with the Oregon State Water Resources
Board in a water resources survey and investigation of these basins to obtain
information with a view to the coordinated development of their water re-
sources. This survey also will provide information for assisting local
organizations in developments under the Watershed Protection and Flood Pre-
vention Act, about opportunities for development of water on national forests
as a part of multiple-purpose development of the natural forest resources;
and as a basis for providing tecJ:mical help to farmers and ranchers. The
draft reports on these surveys have been prepared,

Bayou Bartholomew (Ark. and La,)

The Department continued its cooperation with the Corps of Engineers in a sur-
vey of this basin, particularly of the hill section. The general objective
of the upland survey is to formulate a watershed-treatment program, including
systems of floodwater-retarding structures, The Department's report on this
survey has been completed,

Humboldt River (Nev.)

The Department is cooperating with the Nevada Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources in a comprehensive survey to provide a basis for planning
and developing this basin's water and related land resources, A draft report
on the survey of the Little Humboldt River Sub-Basin has been prepared, and
substantial progress was made on the Pine Valley Sub-Basin.survey,

Arkansas River Multiple-Purpose Proi~ct (Ark. and Okla.)

The Department is cooperating with the Corps of Engineers in a survey to de-
velop information on the effects that project works of the authorized Arkan~.
sas River Navigation Project may have on lands adjacent to the Arkansas and
Verdigris Rivers.