BOARD02571

• Board Meeting Date: 6/5/1958
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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In brief, the findings are these. Of the 15,150 .
acres planned to be irrigated by the project extension on the
basis of surveys made in the early 1940's, about 8,730 acres
in small scattered tracts are either now irrigated or can be I
irrigated by a continuation of the expansion program of the
local irrigation companies. Of the remaining 6,420 acres,
more than half have been found, through detailed land classi-
fication surveys, to have severe soil and drainage deficiencies. .
The cost of providing irrigation service to about 3,100 acres
not eliminated for one of the foregoing reasons was found to
be greater than the benefits, and the lands were found incap-
able of paying operation and maintenance costs of project
works.

We are confident that you will agree with our conclu-
sion on the basis of information you secured in the field and
that which will be given in our report. We regret that the
findings are not more favorable with respect to the Pine River
Project Extension.

Very truly yours

/s/ E. O. LARSON
Regional Director

The statement made about my having
attended meetings is in error. It was
not I but Mr. Boydston from our office.
It looks as though the 1942 land classifica-
tion report had not been as complete as it
should be and the Bureau has established
new land classification criteria which
show that considerable land which they
originally intended to irrigate will not
meet the standards."

After a short discussion, it was decided no action
was needed on this communication at this time;

MR. GILDERSLEEVE: "The final item which I have is another
letter from Mr. Larson under date of May
29, 1958, as follows:

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