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diverted from the reservair and carried appraximately 150 miles ta the Navaja Indian lands. San Juan-Choma Participating Project, Colorado and New Mexico Constructian was started an the San Juan-Chama project in sauth-central Colarado and narth-central New Mexica. Wark began during the fiscal year an the 12.8 mile Azatea tunnel through the continental divide. Other wark cansisted af callectian af field data for design and constructian specifications far the other project features including the Heran Na. 4 Dam and Reservoir, the EI Vada Dam autlet and far a diversian canal and canduit system. The project will invalve the transmauntain diversion of western slape water from the San Juan Basin inta the eastern slape of the Chama Basin. The initial phase of the project, which is presently authorized, will provide facilities for an average annual transmoun- tain diversion of 110,000 acre-feet of water. Principal users of the water will be the city of Albuquerque and the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. Seedskadee Participating Project, Wyoming Fontenelle Dam, principal feature of the Seedskadee praject, is essentially campleted and work on the 10,000-kilawatt powerplant is abaut one-half camplete. A contract was awarded for initial con- struction work on a develapment farm. The farm will be built on the Seedskadee project and operated under a cooperative agreement among the University of Wyoming, the Soil Canservation Service, and the Bureau af Reclamation. The purpose of the development farm is to determine and demonstrate the most effective, economic, and best adapted water management practices, crap production, and lives tack handling techniques and their relationship to aptimum family sized farm units and a project distributian system. Work progressed an the relocation of U. S. Highway 189 (79 percent completed), an reservoir clearing (100 percent completed), and the powerplant and switchyard (53 percent completed). Silt Participating Project, Colorado Funds were appropriated in fiscal year 1964 to begin construc- tian activities on the Silt project. Funds were expended mainly to purchase right-af-way, to collect design data for Rifle Gap Dam and Reservoir and other irrigation facilities, and far the relocatian of Colorado State Highway 325. A contract was awarded for construc- .. I I j I tian af an affice and labaratory building to be used during the canstructian period. The principal features include the Rifle Gap Dam on Rifle Creek, which will stare water far release into Davie ditch and to Rifle Creek for diversian to the Grass Valley Canal. Water will alsa be pumped fram the Colarada River near Silt at the Silt pumping plant ta serve project lands. Smith fork Participating Project, Colorado Minor canstruction work and final testing af the Smith Fark feeder canal and diversion dam, Crawford Dam and Reservair, and the Aspen Canal were completed during the year. The praject warks consisting af the Crawford Dam and Reservoir Smith Fork diversion dam, Smith Fark feeder canal, Aspen Canal a~d an operating head- quarters were transferred ta the Crawfard Water Conservancy District for operation an January 1, 1964. Advance Planning Activities The major partion af this wark consists of the collection of final design data, the preparation of final designs and specificatians and completion of definite plan reports. It also< includes negotiations with local interests leading ta execution of repayment contracts. The definite plan report on the Banneville unit af the central Utah project is nearing completian and work progressed on reports on the Upalco and Jensen units, which are scheduled for campletion in fiscal years 1965 and 1997, respectively. Quality af water studies were continued in the Upper Calarada River Basin as autharized by law. fish and Wildlife Development In cooperation with the Arizana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming Fish and Game Departments, the Bureau of Sport Fish- eries and Wildlife stocked 6 million rainbow trout and 2 million largemouth bass fingerlings in Lake Powell, Flaming Gorge, and Navaja Reservoirs to meet jointly established fishery management abjectives. Due to its remote location and extensive surface area the stocking operation at Lake Powell relied heavily on air transport far delivery and release of the 5.8 million fish assigned to the lake. Purchase af the North Trout Farm and the Chipeta rearing unit from the Colarado Department of Game, Fish, and Parks has given the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife the cambination of