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<br />. I' ,'- <br />i.JU <br /> <br />State Reclamation Hoal'd: <br /> <br />During fiscal YC3rs 19t5O-61, 1961-6~, the Rec- <br />lamation Board witnessed unprecedented acti\'i[~- <br />in connection with HS function of crHlpcr;Hion <br />with the United StJtes Corps of Engineers in rlood <br />comrol acti\"ilics and its duties as the g"m'crning <br />body of the Sanamcnto and San JO:lquin- Drain3g-~ <br />District. an ;Irca colllprising 1.726,533 acres of vai. <br />ley lands situated within 14- t'oumics, <br />Co-opcr:uio!l with the Corps of Engine:c:rs con- <br />sisted of obtaining the lands, cascmclHs, and rights- <br />Of-W3\' ncccssarv for the construction or reloca- <br />tion of roads and railrOJ.ds. telephone, l'kctric and <br />gas lines, and other militics, The bO:1rd co-moi. <br />natcd work between all pri\'3tc and gmTrnml'm <br />organizations im'ol\"cd and prcp3rcd the TI'<Juircd <br />legal procedures_ The bOJru continued to co-ordi- <br />nate the maimcnancc and opcr3tion of completed <br />flood control works, It also reviewed and passed <br /> <br />on applications for installation or construction of <br />facilities adjacent to Mood control facilities. <br />Flood control work under the Sacramento River <br />'''Old Project" included normal bank protection <br />along the Sacramento RiHr. and along Cache <br />Creek, Feather Ri\'er, Yuha Ri\"Cr. Yolo Brpass. <br />ClchL' Slough. and Bcar Rinr leHes, The project <br />is one of the oldest in the natioll. being authorized <br />along with the l\lississippi Ri\-er Project h:' act of <br />Gmgrcss in 1917, <br />TIle Elder Creek and Cherokee emal Projects, <br />parts of rhe Sacramento Rinr .\lajor :lnd ,\Iinor <br />Tributaries Projlxt, were cOlllpletL'd. <br />\.ery rC('entl~' the Corps of Engineers began <br />consrrUCtioll on the first section of channel en- <br />largement and levee huilding for thc Chico, ,\Iud, <br />and Sand\' Project. Simultaneoush-, rhe hoard ad- <br />nrtised 'bids fur the reconstru"ctioll of sevell <br /> <br />lIellar'tnlllnt of \Vater' Uesolll'ues: <br /> <br />During the past rwo n.sl'al years, Department of <br />\\'ater Resources personnel proces<.;ed SOI11L' 6H <br />applicHiolls [0 rhe Rec!anurion Board for en- <br />croachments or alrcrullllls 011 flood control proj- <br />Cl'ts, The work necessitJlcd 1.0-B field inspections. <br />In addition. the dl'parrment pro\"idnt engineering <br />assistance to the bo:ud to detcrmin-::: <br /> <br />The effeer uf nonpwject levees on tlood tlows of <br />the Feather Ki\'cr neu Gridley, <br />Fncwaehll1ents un rc\'e~ along the Sacramento <br />Rivcr abO\'e Colusa, <br />The horrnw area (If the Yuh;l-Fcarher Ri\'er <:on. <br />tlucnce near .\lar:vs\'ille, <br />The ft'a~ibilit}" of plantin!>! or("hards in mcrflow <br />areas of the Feather and Yuha Rl\'ers. <br />Priorit:- sites fnr the Ulrp,> oi Engineers hank <br />prl/recrinn \\ ork fur rhe It,l6.i-64 Jnd 1964-6; hseJI <br />years, <br />Flood prC\'elltlOn is a hill-rime job of the de- <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />p:1rtl11enr, It maintains Ic\'l'es and channel flood- <br />ways, irt\'cstigates floods, reports on them, and <br />~tuJil's flood hydrolo~y and the operation of flood <br />l'ontrol projects, The dep;trTmellt also maintains ;) <br />flood oper;)tiollS <:enter, During the past IWO fiscal <br />years, this ('etHer: <br /> <br />Is.sued a new flood Emergency Operations .\1ao- <br />ual. which rctlccted l'hanges in departmental org-ani- <br />z:nion, among thelll the inclusion of the Co-operative <br />Sn.m Surveys within tlood operations and runoff <br />forecasting acri\'ities, <br /> <br />Co-operated with the L',S, Corps of Engineers <br />and others in the fall of 1961 to conduct a mock <br />tlood prohlem to orient new personnel with rhe <br />dutib of rhe l'cnrer. <br /> <br />Improved it.., telemetering flood d.lta network with <br />rhe additIOn of three radin rain gages and twO radio <br />HreJIl1 gages, <br />The department has supcrnsor~' powers over <br />