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The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company 1476 i to the Colorado Slate Water Board, The Corps of Engineers, The Slate "I Engineer, and the Compact Administration. This resolution failed for want " of a second. from either Kansas or Colorado. , Ir !i n 1,~ " 1\ Nothing has happened to change the Court consent for the Colorado Fish, Game, and Parks Division to run water from Muddy Creek Reser- voir into John Martin Reservoir. No water has been available, and no 1 operating procedures have been worked out. ~ ~, r<'~ " !' Some well owners above Las Animas, appl~ing for adjudication at. their wells. would like to store the water in John Martin Reservoir, pro- babl,y for fiale to the Colorado Fish, Game, and Parks Division, to sustain a Permanent Pool. Work on the main reatures of the Frying-Pan Arkansas project is making steady progress. The Ruedi replacement reservoir on the western slope, aoo..'e Basalt, was finished in 1968. The 5.4 mile tunnel, 10.5 feet in diameter through the Continental . Qivide , was holed through last summer, and is being concrete lined. 'The Pueblo Dam site has been cleared and contract will be let soon for the first section of the dam. When this dam is completed, a 30,000 a.i. recreational pool is expected to be retained, and the natural Clow of Arkansas River water will be regulated through this dam for irrigation and storage.Part of the repayment feature of this project is based on storage of winter flows of the Arkansas. Progress on the Trinidad project, which provides for flood con- trol and irrigation, should have the outlet works complete this summer, and if funds are available, the main earth works would soon follow. This project provides 20,000 a.f. storage for irrigation, and 4,500 a.f. re- creation pool, besides the Oood control feature. The /\r111,)' Engineers expect to start a flood protection project near Las Animas, consisting of a 9.6 mile dike on the south side of the Arkansas above the mouth of the Purgatoire river, and some protection on the north bank. This is expected to get underway late this season. Flood control on the Arkansas between Pueblo and Las Animas. which provides for deepening the channel and cutting off 22 miles of river, clearing the phreatoph.ytes and. d,yking the channel, has generated some opposition (rom nature lovers, but may be sponsored in sections, where the damage is great and interest sufficient. The report of our Secretary shows in detail cash receipts and dis- bursements, also a budget prepared by the Board of Directllrs. The bOOks and accounts ~ the Compall)" have been oCficially audited and report will be available at the annual meeting. I want to again thank the directors, stockholders and employees for their hearty co-operation throughout this ~'ear. Respectfully submitted, Harry C. Nevius, President Page 5