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<br />I <br /> <br />Twenty-three watersheds have been authcr- <br />ized for planning assistance and thirteen cf <br />these watersheds have been ccmpleted in terms <br />of planning and authcrized fer ccnstructicn. <br />Of these thirteen, nine have been ccmpleted. <br />I hope that each cf ycu picked up a summary cf <br />this so that ycu can refer tc it at your leisure <br />but I will read these briefly tc give ycu scme <br />indication of where they are lccated. The Big <br />Sandy project invclves the ccnstructicn cf 14 <br />floodwater retarding dams in El pasc and Elbert <br />Ccunties near Simla. Ycu have to keep in mind <br />these projects have been ccmpleted. Coalbank <br />project near Greeley involved cne flcodwater <br />retarding dam. Fishers Peak-Carbon Arrcyos <br />prcject at Trinidad involved twc dams fer the <br />prctecticn of a secticn of that city. In the <br />Franktown-Parker watershed near Castle Rock, <br />which was in the area that sustained consider- <br />able damage last year in June, we have a prcject <br />that invclves the constructicn of 23 dams. The <br />Indian Wash project near Grand Juncticn, we have <br />one dam there that prctects part cf the city and <br />alsc adjacent farming areas. The Limen project <br />involves three flccdwater retarding dams that <br />prctect the north part cf that city from damages <br />and it has already demonstrated, as has the <br />project at Trinidad, that it is a very effec- <br />tive prcgram in reducing damage.. Rcatcap Wash <br />prcject near Mcntrose involves one structure <br />and the West Cherry Creek project, also near <br />castle Reck, invclves 17 retarding structures. <br />The Wray project protects a part cf the City <br />cf Wray, Cclorado. near the Kansas line. It <br />has six structures. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Now the ones I am gcing tc refer to from <br />here on are in the operaticnal stage. We have <br />a prcject at Vineland, Cclcradc, some 12 miles <br />east cf Pueblo, which was authcrized for ccn- <br />struction in 1960. It involves the ccnstruction <br />of fcur flccdwater retarding dams to protect <br />valuable irrigated lands estimated to be werth <br />upwards of a thcusand dcllars an acre and be- <br />cause of rights-of-way prcblems this project has <br />