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Weare fortunate in having had Falcon Dam ready for use which protected the Lower Rio Grande Valley below it from damages estimated at as much as $15,000,000. ******** REPOR T ON ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS Col. Arthur H. Frye, Jr. District Engineer, Los Angeles, California The civil works boundaries of all Corps of Engineers Districts are established to include river basins or portions of river basins, regardless of state lines or other political subdivisions. The Los Angeles civil works district, for example, includes the entire Colorado River Basin plus Southern California lying generally south of the Tehachapi Mountains. Our principal as signment in the Colorado River Basin is flood-control work. Last year at the tenth annual conference of this Association there was presented a resume of projects authorized by Congress in the Colorado River Basin and at this time a report will be made on the progress made in the interim period. Progress Report: 1. We have received additional planning money for Painted Rock Reservoir and for Mathews Canyon Reservoir. a. These funds have permitted us to continue foundation explorations, start on the detailed studies of embankment and spillway locations with the result that the general design memorandum for Painted Rock Reservoir is scheduled for completion in January, 1955. Similarly the general design memorandum for Mathews Canyon Reservoir should be completed in March, 1955. 2. Contract plans and specifications for the Trilby Wash detention basin have been prepared. 3. Other studies and evaluations have been started and some completed on flood-control benefits and improvements. a. Pot-Hook-Savery project on Little Snake River in Wyoming and Colorado. b. Curecanti on the Gunnison in Colorado. c.. Navajo project on San Juan River in New Mexico. - 28 -