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<br />0#, f' ('; , <br />0, ~ 0".' <br />.L "..';'" <br /> <br />Surveys were initiated in early 1905 such that by 1937, the <br /> <br />rehabilitation of the Carlsbad Project included reconstruction of <br /> <br />.1p. <br />~j <br /> <br />Avalon and McMillan Dams as well as construction of Alamogordo <br />Dam (now Sumner Dam), Irrigated acreage in the Carlsbad Project <br />since rehabilitation has ranged from 6,528 acres in 1907 to <br /> <br />25,278 acres in 1926, <br /> <br />Other New Mexico surface water development includes the <br /> <br />Hagerman Canal, initiated in 1879 for 9,000 acres, the Hope <br /> <br /> <br />Project initiated in the late 1880'5 for some 3,200 acres, the <br /> <br /> <br />Fort Sumner Project initiated in 1906 for some 6,500 acres and <br /> <br /> <br />the Storrie Project initiated in 1906 for some 4,900 acres, <br /> <br />Mainstream development of the Pecos River in Texas began <br />about the middle 1870'5, but there was no important activity (f~S <br />until about 1888, contemporary with important development in the <br />Middle Valley in New Mexico. In their early years of operation, <br /> <br />the main-stem Pecos River projects in the Lower Valley in Texas <br /> <br />were subjected to incredible hardships, <br /> <br />By 1914, 173,000 acres <br /> <br />of irrigable land were included in the ten river projects below <br /> <br />Red Bluff, but fewer than 30,000 acres were actually in <br /> <br />cultivation, and many of these suffered from shortages of water, <br />In January 1914, having resolved to follow the example of their <br />upriver neighbors in New Mexico and request aid from the Federal <br /> <br />government, the ten river projects organized the West Texas <br />Reclamation Association and retained a Reclamation Service <br /> <br />engineer <br /> <br />to <br /> <br />investigate <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />Texas <br /> <br />development <br /> <br />and make <br /> <br />~~:':~5~~ <br />.>;,.'..... <br /> <br />16 <br />