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<br />lU14 <br /> <br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />, <br />You will note that under the direction of Mr. <br />Crabtree, who is meek but forceful, you will <br />find the office and his associates capable, <br />energetic, and surely cooperative. If we in <br />the Salt Lake office are misinformed, we would <br />like some direction. We feel you_are'in good <br />hands down here. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I would like to report on the new starts. <br />One which Mr. Crabtree mentioned is the San <br />Miguel which is in this area. In addition to <br />the San Miguel we have the Dallas Creek area. <br />Dallas Creek, you will remember, was covered <br />by the Board following or during their meeting <br />in Montrose. Some of the local interests have <br />been pressing for immediate work-' there. That <br />is already programed for this fiscal year but <br />they are hoping for some step up and have asked <br />what we could do if there is assistance through <br />State contributions. Funds in the amount of <br />$117,000 and $38,000 are included in the fiscal <br />year appropriation requests for initiation of de- <br />tailed project investigations on the Dallas Creek <br />and San Miguel Projects respectively. A field <br />review of the projects will be scheduled early <br />in the year to appraise the problem areas and to <br />determine the investigational criteria to be <br />followed. The Tri-County Conservancy District <br />has indicated a desire to have some landsin the <br />lower Uncompahgre Valley served from the Dallas, <br />Creek Project and is urging consideration of <br />Ridgeway Reservoir for the additional flood con- <br />trol benefits it would provide. These possibil- <br />ities will be considered~ <br /> <br />We, at this time, don't want to make a com- <br />mitment on that point because we are not sure yet <br />just what funds we are going to come up with from <br />Congressional appropriations. If we are success- <br />ful we may have sufficient funds and we don't want <br />to request local contributions unless we have some <br />assurance of progress, realizing, of course, that <br />we can use only so much funds for staffing addi- <br />tional technicians. Men we need are scarce but we <br />will wait on that situation until after Congress <br />has made its findings." <br /> <br />"How soon will you have the answer to that? <br />How much money will you have for the Dallas <br />Proj ect?" <br /> <br />I <br />