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I I I ~ " N I ~ c.o en I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I -- 1. Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, authorized for construction by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation by P. L. 87-590, August, 1962. The .project is scheduled for completion in 1985. It involves the diversion of the Colorado River basin water to the Arkansas River basin for irrigation, industrial and domestic USe. 2. Trinidad Dam and Reservoir on the Purgatoire River four miles above Trinidad, Colorado. Authorized by the Flood Control Act, 1958. Scheduled for completion by the U. S. Corps of Engi- neers in 1977. The completed project will provide flood protec- tion for Trinidad and storage of irrigation water for 20,000 acres of land. A permanent pool for recreation will be provided. 3. Arkansas River and Tributaries above John Martin Dam, Colorado, submitted by the Secretary of Army to Congress, Septem- ber 13, 1972. Recommends authorization and construction of local flood protection projects at Florence, Portland, Pueblo (Dry and Fountain Creek), and La Junta (Arkansas River and King Arroyo); channel and river improvements on the mains tern of the Arkansas River from Brewster to Florence, and from Pueblo to Las Animas for flood control; Fountain Creek Reservoir, protection of Pueblo from floods on Fountain Creek. 4. Interim Study Report on Arkansas River and Tributaries, Lamar Local Protection, Kendall Lake, Kansas, 1974, U. S. Corps of Engineers. In Colorado, the report recommended authorization and ~onstruction of the Arkansas River portion of the Lamar Local Protec tion Projec t. 5. The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, has approved three Resources Conservation and Develop- ment planning areas which encompass the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado. These programs include, but are not limited to, flood prevention and flood control, water and land management, soil erosion and sedimentation, stream bank erosion, environmental and economic concerns, etc. The R.C.&D. planning areas are: a. Sangre de Cristo Area - Includes Las Animas, Huerfano, Pueblo, Custer, Fremont, Chaffee and Lake Counties, nine projects completed from 1970-1975, and have underway seven projects. b. East Central Colorado Area - Includes Cheyenne, Elbert, El Paso, Kit Carson and Lincoln Counties. An R.C. & D. project plan was approved in October 1976, and Federal assistance for funding has been requested. c. Lower Arkansas Area - Includes Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero and Prowers Counties. An R.C. & D. Project plan has been completed for the area which is scheduled for approval in 1979. 116