BOARD00021

• Board Meeting Date: 7/12/1965
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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constant effort by the people of the State of
Colorado in this field. There are many ave-
nues of approach to the problem. Herb has
brought up the question of Pawnee Creek. He
actually have a hundred or more similar problems
in Colorado. We have tried to approach this
from a multi-angle approach, bringing in the
Corps, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Soil
Conservation Service.

The Soil Conservation Service can build
small projects. They are limited to 5,000
acre-feet in capacity but they do yeoman ser-
vice in the upper reaches of the streams.
Pawnee is perhaps one"of these that could be
controlled under the Soil Conservation program
if the corps is not able to justify a project
there. Just this year, as a matter of fact,
some very important works were completed on
the upper reaches of the Big Sandy Creek which
reached a heavy flood stage, particularly in
the vicinity of Limon. The to\'il1 of Limon
actively pursued this course for some years.
They paid certain of the costs ~nd providential-
ly those works were completed in the late spring
before the flood hit. Those projects were con-
structed in the vicinity of Limon to protect
that to\'m under Public Law 566, because the
people there actively pursued it and they were
willing to pay part of the costs.

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This is true anywhere. If you want a
project badly enough, it can be constructed,
but it takes some financial contribution by
the local people. Any area that sits back and
expects this Board or the Corps of Engineers or
the Bureau of Reclamation or the Soil Conser-
vation Service to automatically build projects
is doomed to disappointment. It cannot pe
done, will not be done, "unless the local people
constantly pursue the goal. There are many
ways to accomplish these things if the people
indicate enough desire. There is not an area
that cannot be controlled to some extent if
the desire is there on the part of the local
people.