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<br />892 <br /> <br />awarded in October 1957 to Michael Baker, Jr., Inc., Jackson, <br />Mississippi. Land classification surveys in the Dove Creek <br />area are being delayed until topography is available. Project <br />land topography and land classification and drainage surveys <br />in the Cortez-McElmo area of the Montezuma valley, and the <br />Ute Indian reservation, however, are continuing. Under our <br />present program the feasibility report will be completed in <br />1960. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata Proiect <br /> <br />Photogrammetric mapping of the remaining lands not <br />previously covered by topographic maps was included in the <br />contract awarded in October 1957 to Michael Baker, Jr., Inc., <br />mentioned before. Location surveys for the Main diversion <br />canal from Animas River are started. Several possible modifi- <br />cations in the project plan for obtaining storage on the Animas <br />River and tributaries are being appraised. Detailed land classi- <br />fication surveys are going forward on the McDermott Area. Com- <br />pletion date of the feasibility report is 1961. <br /> <br />Fruitqrowers Dam Project Extension <br /> <br />No further work is planned on the proposed feasibility <br />report which was completed in March 1954. Because of the ob- <br />jections to the proposed water exchanges and the possibility of <br />serving the area at some future date under the Grand Mesa proj- <br />ect, we are recommending that that project investigation be stricken <br />from the program at least for the present. <br /> <br />West Divide Project <br /> <br />Preliminary plan formulation studies are being made <br />of potential alternatives and modifications to the plan to <br />see if present marginal economic justification can be improved. <br />Comparative estimates are being made of the Placita and Hot <br />Springs Reservoir sites on Crystal River for comparison with <br />the Osgood site used in the present plan. The feasibility reporl <br />is scheduled for F. Y. 1960. <br /> <br />Proqram for Future Years <br /> <br />In F. Y. 1959 detailed project investigations are <br />scheduled to be resumed on San Miguel (Nucla and Saucer Val- <br />ley included) and to be initiated on the Dallas Creek project. <br />Starts on these investigations would be followed by Trouble- <br />some, Eagle Divide, and Grand Mesa projects investigation as <br />funds become available. In addition, we plan to start studies <br />of the power potentialities on the Yampa River in F. Y. 1959. <br /> <br />I <br />