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The Limon, Colorado preliminary investiga- tions have been completed of the flood problem there. These investigations indicate it is economically feasible to protect Limon and the crop lands below by the construction of three small retention dams on watershed draining through the town. That is almost overwhelmingly three to one in favor of it. It is one of those things where we are almost certain to get a project there. The Sand Creek Watershed cooperative study by the Soil Conservation Service and the corps of Engineers has resulted in a negative report by both agencies. In spite of the great flood problem in Sand Creek flood plain just east of Denver and Aurora, the costs for the flood con- trol greatly exceeds the damages. The sponsors have been so informed. In this case the S .C.S. - the drainage area is too large and the costs too high to work out one dam for the S.C.S. near East Colfax and to break it up into small water- sheds to try to came under this program, you have to justify the individual project and also the project as a whole and they couldn't stand up on that. So they had to back away from it. The Corps of Engineers couldn't justify the project on that either. At Roatcap Wash near Montrose preliminary investigations have been initiated where past floods have caused damage to valuable crop lands. This is just underway and is in a pre- liminary status. The Upper Republican River preliminary in- vestigations have been completed with the result that a P. L. 566 project could not be economi- cally justified. The local people were notified of that. The Big Sandy Project has 12 retardation structures completed and one under construction. The Ramah Dam exceeds the limitation of 4,000 acre-feet storage imposed by P. L. 566 and had to be approved by the Committees on Public Works. The Colorado Water Conservation Board I \ I