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1 This act provided for expanded new activi- ties such as the resource conservation and developments projects. Here again, while this is a USDA program, the SCS has the administrative responsibility in resource conservation develop- ment projects. These projects are designed to speed up resource development and conservation in areas of sufficient size that they will have signifi- cant impact on the local economy. They usually consist of parts or all of several counties. Local people and groups must initiate the projects through legally constituted local organizations. All agencies of USDA, as well as other federal and state agencies, may coop- erate in assisting local sponsors plan and carry out accelerated programs of conservation, development, and use of all land, water, and related resources in the area, with the princi- pal objective of improving the economy of the area. The first project was approved in June 1963. By March 1964 ten projects had been approved for planning assistance and ten other applications had been received by SCS. In Colorado there have been six applications re- ceived for RC&D projects. One, the Sangre de Cristo project comprising Las Animas, Huerfano, Pueblo, Fremont and Custer Counties, with all its county and city governments and local soil conservation districts as sponsors, is approved for operation. 1 Currently, one project measure approved as high priority by the Project Council is out for construction bids. This is a $90 to $100 thousand dam to protect the city of Florence from floods. A similar project to protect Walsenburg from floods is planned for bid ad- vertisement before June 30. This project will involve a cost of $120 to $140 thousand for con- struction. Numerous other project measures