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<br />Fr.enchman Valley Irrigation District and 11,000 acres in H & RW Irrigation
<br />District. As much as 3,400 acre-feet are expected to be c0nserved by pumping
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<br />MEEKER-DRIFTWOOD, RED WILLOW, AND CAMBRIDGE UNITS, FRENCHMAN-CAMBRIuG~
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<br />The normal operation of Trenton Dam and Swanson Lake, Red Willow Darn and Hugh
<br />Butler Lake, and Medicine Creek Dam and Harry Strunk Lake during the spring
<br />months, with a slowly rising or stable pool level, enhances optimum spawning
<br />of northern and walleye pike. These lakes provide excellent opportu~ities for
<br />fishing, W2.ter sports, and recreation. The seepage below Red Wi 110'.', . ,,'d Medi.
<br />cine Creek Darns provides excellent fishing.
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<br />Service is provided for Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District by Meeker-
<br />Driftwood Canal to 16,476 acres; Red Willow Canal to 4,932 acres, Bartley
<br />Canal to 6,539 acres, and Cambridge Canal to 17,053 acres. The water supply
<br />for these lands is provided by storage in Swanson, Hugh Butler, and Harry
<br />Strunk Lakes, and flows of the Republican River and Red Willow and Medicine
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<br />to Swanson Lake was between the dry and normal-year forecasts. The cant. , .~.
<br />was 1,800 acre-feet below the top of conservation capacity at t..:.he beginr1~.(lg Df
<br />the irrigation season in 1975. This storage and the 1975 inflows furni."hed
<br />full water supplies to project lands served by the Meeker-Driftwood and Bartley
<br />Canal systems. The Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District diverted 41,631
<br />acre-feet into Meeker-Driftwood Canal to j.;-rigate l6,15f> 2~~res, -'1nrl 1"., S~~
<br />acre-feet into Bartley Canal for 6,289 ac:'.: ';-"J '..: _.. .",'':'t
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<br />into Hugh Butler Lake was above the nOlll'."l..~."yC':'/"i' fOL\:r::'asts. The \>"':"~:er SUPll~~.'
<br />was more than adequate for Red Willow Ca,:~~:;. d~';_':/arsil:'ns. The district divI ,. ,j
<br />10,011 acre-feet for the irrigation of 4, 7-t~2 acres served !',: n~d Willow C:,";": _.
<br />There were an estimated 600 acre-feet of R~d Willow Creek fl,_).,I:::.. !lSN:j--'lown-'"
<br />stream from Red Willow Darn for ir.rigation of non-project lan'~'j Ui de ~',;I_.. Ilr;
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