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<br />. <br /> <br />'j <br />'- <br /> <br />!!.~~I!. <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY <br /> <br />The Civil Works Program is carried on by the Corps of Engineers under the <br /> <br />general supervision of the Secretary of the Army. Federal improvement of <br /> <br />water and related land resources, development for navigation, flood control, <br /> <br />water supply, hydroelectric power, storage for irrigation', water quality <br /> <br />control, recreation, and fish and wildlife enhancement. The Corps has con- <br /> <br />tinued coordination with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation to determine flood <br /> <br />. <br />control requirements in Bureau Reservoirs and for operation of flood control <br /> <br />storage in the Bureau constructed reservoirs. Conversely, the Bureau <br /> <br />determines the need for irrigation storage to be included in the Corps of <br /> <br />Engineers reservoir projects. <br /> <br />The Corps of Engineers program of integrated water and related land resources <br /> <br />development as listed in this report shows the current and proposed future <br /> <br />development of these resources. <br /> <br />The water and related land resources development carried on during fiscal <br /> <br />year 1971 by the Corps of Engineers in their Civil Works program continued <br /> <br />in an orderly fashion. This program of construction includes dams and reser- <br /> <br />voirs, levees, channel improvements and appurtenant works, bank stabilization <br /> <br />and local flood control projects as directed by the Congress. "Pre-authorization <br /> <br />studies for many projects and detailed planning for project construction con- <br /> <br />tinued actively during the fiscal year 1971. The Corps continued partici- <br /> <br /> <br />pation in the comprehensive framework study carried on'under the <br /> <br />sponsorship .' <br /> <br />'3228 <br /> <br />of the Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee. <br /> <br />The status of the on-going projects under investigation planning or under <br />.- <br />consuuction by the' Corps is discu~sed in the following: .. <br />