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COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION

OF THE

EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT

1626 K STREET NW. WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

ERRATA SHEET

NATURAL RESOURCES, Appendix L

The following paragraph on pages 19-20 should be stricken:

Over-extension of irrigation systems, arising from lack of dependable data as to amounts of available water, has resulted in many costly failures. A striking illustration of the magnitude of possible error involved in constructing irrigation projects without reliable data is the dam built on Salmon Forks Creek, a tributary of the Snake River. It was designed to furnish water for irrigation of more than 100,000 acres. After adequate records had been collected it was found that dependable water supply was sufficient for the irrigation of only about 15,000 acres. In the meantime, however, the settlers brought in from many parts of the country had lost their entire investments and, in many cases, several years of wasted effort, and the Federal Government had lost its investment.

And in its place should be the following paragraph:

It

Over-extension of irrigation systems, arising from lack of dependable data as to amounts of available water, has resulted in many costly failures. While not a Federal project, a striking illustration of the magnitude of possible error involved in constructing irrigation projects without reliable data is the dam built on Salmon Falls Creek, a tributary of the Snake River. was designed to furnish water for irrigation of more than 100,000 acres. After adequate records had been collected it was found that dependable water supply was sufficient for the irrigation of only about 15,000 acres. In the meantime, however, the settlers brought in from many parts of the country had lost their entire investments and, in many cases, several years of wasted effort.

Organization and Policy in the Field of Natural Resources

A REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS

PREPARED FOR

THE COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION OF THE

EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT

by

slie A. Miller, Former Governor of Wyoming, Chairman, and Task Force Committee Members, Horace Albright, Former Director, National Park Service; John Dempsey, Former Governor of New Mexico; Ralph Carr, former Governor of Colorado; Donald H. McLaughlin, President, Homestake Mining Corp.; Dr. Isaiah Bowman, President, Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Gilbert White, President, Haverford College; Prof. Samuel T. Dana, Dean, School of Forestry and Conservation, University of Michigan, and a Special Unit of the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress Under Direction of Ernest S. Griffith, Director of the Service

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