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Show dam as previously planned. Distribution laterals and drains will be constructed as needed. Investigation Activities Investigations for new cost estimates and a revised financial appraisal are to be started in 1959. The definite plan report is scheduled for completion in fiscal year 1961. This small project could be constructed in two or three years. b. Lyman Project Supplemental irrigation water amounting to an average of 32,500 acre-feet annually would be provided for 40,600 acres of land along Blacks Fork of the Green River near Lyman, Wyoming. A dam would be constructed at the Bridger site on Willow Creek, creating a reservoir with a total capacity of 43,000 acre-feet. Surplus flows of Blacks Fork and its tributary, West Fork of Smiths Fork, would be conveyed to the reservoir by separate feeder canals. About 7-1/2 miles of the Willow Creek channel below the reservoir would be enlarged, and three canals would be constructed to divert flows from the enlarged channel. Existing canal systems would be improved and extended as necessary, in addition to construction of new drains. Investigation Activities A field office of the Bureau of Reclamation has been established at Lyman, Wyoming. Initial consideration is being given to plan formulation studies and to land classification and drainage. The Definite Plan report should be completed in fiscal year 1961. c. Seedskadee Project The Seedskadee Project would provide for the irrigation of approximately 60,720 acres of dry arable land along both sides of the Green River in an area extending from 14 to 50 miles northwest of Green River, Wyoming. Present plans are to use Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir on Green River both for storage and as a means of diverting water from the river in lieu of the direct canal diversion contemplated in previous plans. Development of a wildlife refuge downstream from Fontenelle Dam is under consideration as an adjunct to the project under Section 8 of Public Law 485. The Definite Plan Report was completed by the Bureau of Reclamation at the field level in November, 1958, and has been forwarded to the Washington office for review. If this report is cleared by the interested department of the Federal Government in sufficient time, the Appropriations Committees of Congress will be requested to make construction funds available for fiscal 1960. 41 |
