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",ill require roservoirs on tho main stream, on some of the tributaries, and along canal lines. At the closo of the year the Basin studies ucro reported to be 31 percent complete. Costs durf~g tho year 1~erc ~~87 , 027 . NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN(l21 Prorra."1 05~.000: Although the North Platte Rivor Basin has a larger proportion of its uatcr resources developed than any othor part of the Platte Basin thoro arc a fO\-l r.rl.nor possibili tics 1vhich roquire study and i~vcstigation bofore the final plan can be considcrcd complete. Very little 110rk l-laS done on the basin-1vide investigation during tho year due to a shortage of personncl, but a rcconnaissancc classi- fication of 34,000 acros in the Saratoca area, 23,000 acros in the North Park arQa and 65,000 acres in the Sweetwater area lIas accom- plished. Basin-Hide studios Hcro ro~orted as 20 porccnt complete at . tho close of the year. Costs llorc ~39,101. GARRISON DIVERSION UNIT(17) Prorzral'l (:>50,000: This invoiJti.cation covers an area adjacent to tho Garrison Reservoir nOli und'l3r construction by tho Corps. of Enginoers. It uas not included in t.ho plans described in S. D. 191. The construc- tion of Garrison Resorvoir may nal:o it feasiole to irriGate several hundrod thousand acres in this area after the level of the russouri River has been raiscd by i;-:lpounfu1ent in Garrison Reservoir. Prclim- inaI"'J l1or!{ is boin~: dO~lC to dctomi:1o the feasibility of such a plan. A block arca .for L1tensivc surve~rs and land classification Has selocted in January 19l~C but the crCHS on this vlork Hero 1Ii thdral-In in Harch because of thc urgent need for them on other uork. In April l!ork uas resu.."'led but this ti:".lC 1"i th forces furnishec1 u...'1der a cooperative agrec- ment by the North Dakota Water Conservation Board and under tho super- vision of Bureau .cngineers. - Tho block _ area "as not completod. Costs 1-IOro ::~36,3l3. -.....-- ." -I I , ~~mSTa~N RESERVOIR(29) Pro~r'im )5.000: The Jamostol<1n Reservoir is a feature of the Hissouri-Souris Unit in North Dal:ota. A small portion of the reser- voir ,,,as surveyed aad fctail to'IJor:ra'IJh'T mis -takon on 125 acres sur- rounding tho damsitc. Coots Hcro....~2:476. KNIFE RIVER UilTIT(lS) ..., Pror~rar:1 ~10 .000: Progrcss rcports make no commcnt on investiga- tions on this wli t oxcopt that the geologic roport on the Broncho dam- site was prepared. Costs 1mro ~7,630. 62