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<br />The Bureau of Indian Affairs has had especially difficult problems <br />to solve in connection with the inundation of Indian lands by reservoirs, <br />in determination of strategic values of damsites proposed, and the <br />machinery for coordinatin~ irrigation works on Indian reservations <br />~lith adjoinil1~ and inter-locking irrigation progreIns, Their worle thus <br />far has brought a realization that the future \Jelfare of the Indian <br />in the Missouri Basin is intilnately related to the development, Because <br />of that realization studies are going forward which should advance a <br />solution of the Indian problem in the Basin \Jell beyond that which' <br />would have occurred otherwise, <br /> <br />Aside from the work of the Topographic Branoh of the Geological <br />Survey other branches of that organization have been getting invaluable <br />basic information on water resources, both as 110 quality and quantity <br />of groundwater resources; the amount of silt carried by the rivers, <br />and the aerial geology in many parts of the Basin, This search of <br />basic data must continue for several years, <br /> <br />Some idea of the over-all extent of work which has been accomp.- <br />lished is gained by the statement that approximately 600 sets of en- <br />gineering specifications, 'invitations to bid, and contracts have been <br />issued in the Basin, The cooperating agencies of the Department of <br />Interior have issued more than 470 individual reports on various phases <br />of the program, A list of these reports will be fcund later in this <br />publication, <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />On the follo\ung pages, a more detailed statement of the progress <br />made during fiscal year 1949 is furnished for the benefit of those who <br />desire to be fully informed on the proGress of the development,work by <br />the Department of Interior in the Missouri River Basin, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />4 <br />