BOARD00374

• Board Meeting Date: 9/30/1957
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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fiscal year. Because of funds being spread on several proj-
ects and the limitations imposed on the transfer of funds in
this fiscal year's program, it has been necessary to resche-
dule the reports for early in F. Y. 1959.

Dolores Project. Since completion of the May, 1954
status report a topographic sUrvey has been made of the McPhee
Reservoir site and about 50 percent of the detailed land
classification has been completed. The Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs is contributing to the cost of the investigation as
about 10 percent of the project lands are expected to be Indian
Tribal lands. Bids were opened September 24 for the photo-
grammetric mapping of the remaining unclassified project lands.
Completion of the feasibility report is scheduled for F. Y. 1960.

Animas-La Plata Project. Available funds and personnel
in the Durango Development Office have been insufficient to ad-
vance the detailed investigation appreciably since completion
of the November 1954 status report. To speed up the investiga-
tion, the State of Colorado is this year contributing $20,000
and the local people have contributed another $5,610. Topo-
graphy for Teft Dam site and for a portion of the project lands
res been obtained by contract. Bids were opened September 24
for the photogrammetric mapping of the remaining project land
areas. Detailed land classification work will be undertaken
this year concurrently with Dolores Project, following com-
pletion of the Florida and Pine River Project Extension land
classification work.

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Completion of the feasibility report is scheduled for
F. Y. 1961 or 1962. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is financing
23 percent of the cost of the investigation which is the pro-
portion of Indian land in the present irrigable area of the
project.

West Divide Project. Detailed topography on a portion of
the land area is being obtained under contract by the State of
Colorado with Bureau forces providing the field checks and in-
spection work. Initiation of detailed land classification
surveys is awaiting completion of the topography and the avail-
ability of field personnel from the Silt Project. Preliminary I
studies are being made of potential alternatives and modifi-
cations to the plan to see if the present marginal economic
justification can be improved.

San
Dolores,
ects, no
report.

Mi9Uel Pro~ect. With higher priority assigned to
An~mas-La lata, and authorized participating proj-
work has been accomplished since the ~rch 1953 status
Prior to that time, however, some detailed work had