IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT This district comprises southern Kansas, small portions of southwestern Missouri and western Arkansas, northern Oklahoma, the northern portion of the Texas Panhandle, and small portions of northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado embraced in the drainage basin of the Arkansas River, and its tributaries above the mouth of the Poteau River, inclusive, and below the mouth of Walnut Creek near Great Bend, Kans., exclusive of that portion of the watershed of the South Canadian River and its tributaries west of the Texas-New Mexico State line; and a portion of western Arkansas, the northern portion of the State of Texas, and the southern portion of the State of Oklahoma embraced in the drainage basin of the Red River and its tributaries above Fulton, Ark. District engineer: Col. Edward G. Daly, Corps of Engineers, to October 2, 1950; Maj. Louis L. DeNoya, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer from October 2 to December 8, 1950; and Col. Edward G. Herb, Corps of Engineers, after December 8, 1950. Division engineer of the Southwestern Division, Dallas, Tex., comprising the Galveston, Tex., Fort Worth, Tex., Albuquerque, N. Mex., Little Rock, Ark., and Tulsa, Okla., districts: Col. Louis W. Prentiss, Corps of Engineers. Flood Control-Continued Page ..1126 2. Examinations, surveys, and 14. Keystone Reservoir, Arkansas 15. Polecat Creek, Okla. (Hey- River, Okla. .1128 ..1130 Flood control 4. Hutchinson, Arkansas River, Kans. .1112 17. 5. Wichita and Valley Center, Kans. sas River Basin, Kans. ...1132 Toronto Reservoir, Arkansas River Basin, Kans. .1134 .1114 18. Oologah Reservoir, Arkansas 6. Kaw, Arkansas River, Okla..1117 7. Carthage, Mo. .1118 19. Hulah Reservoir, Caney Riv 8. Bradens Bend, Okla. .1119 er, Okla. .1137 9. Optima Reservoir, North Ca- 20. Council Grove Reservoir, 10. Fort Supply Reservoir, North Canadian River, Okla. ....1121 21. Marion Reservoir, Flood Control-Continued 23. Strawn Reservoir, Grand (Neosho) River Basin, Kans. Page .1141 ...1142 24. Pensacola Reservoir, Arkan- 26. Fort Gibson Reservoir, Ar .1144 kansas River Basin, Okla..1145 27. Tenkiller Ferry Reservoir, Arkansas River Basin, Okla. 28. Eufaula Reservoir, Canadian River, Okla. 29. Wister Reservoir, Arkansas 30. Arkansas River Basin, Tulsa .1149 .1153 38. Page .1166 Flood Control-Continued 37. Emergency flood-control work under authority of the Flood Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended Emergency flood-control work under authority of Public Laws Nos. 138 and 318, Seventy-eighth Congress and Public Law No. 75, Seventy-ninth Congress; and Public Law No. 102, Eightieth Congress ......1167 .1152 39. Emergency bank protection work under authority of the Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946 .....1168 Snagging and clearing under authority of the Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946 .1155 Red River, Tex. and Okla..1158 32. Red River below Denison Dam, Tulsa District ....1161 33. Boswell Reservoir, Boggy Creek, Okla. 34. Hugo Reservoir, Kiamichi River, Okla. 35. Millwood Reservoir, Little River, Ark. 36. Red River levees and bank stabilization in Arkansas .1162 40. 41. .1169 Preliminary examinations, surveys, and contingencies for flood control ..........1169 .1163 42. Inspection of completed works ..1170 .1164 43. Plant allotment ..1171 .1165 1. ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARK. AND OKLA. A consolidated report on this project for the Vicksburg, Litt Rock and Tulsa districts, submitted by the Little Rock district Southwestern Division, is on page 1044. 2. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work under this heading during the fiscal year was $99,483.23 and the expenditures were $55,975.80. The balance un expended on June 30, 1951, $133,627.43, and an allotment of $1,000 during fiscal year 1952, a total of $134,627.43 will be utilized as follows: $43,507.43 will be applied to liquidation of outstanding accounts payable; $2,174.08 will be applied to payment of expenses incurred in connection with inspection of permits for structures in navigable waters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers; remainder, $88,945.92, will be utilized for continuation of engi neering studies and investigations in connection with preparation of a comprehensive basin-wide investigation covering the Arkan sas, White and Red River Basins, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. The additional sum of $56,000 is needed to be appropriated for continuation of studies under this heading during fiscal year 1 Channels adequate for existing local commerce. Curtailment of project is recommended in H. Doc. 947, 64th Cong., 1st sess. Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts committee resolutions Locality Authorization act Date trans- Document Recommendation Arkansas and Canadian Rivers, Canadian and Arkansas Rivers, See footnotes at end of table. Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions-Continued Locality Red, Arkansas, and White River Red River, La., Ark., Okla. and Red River, La., Ark., Okla. and Tex., extension of navigable channel from Fulton, Ark., upstream to Denison, Tex. White, Arkansas, and Red River Basins, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, with a view to developing comprehensive and integrated plans of improvement for navigation, flood control, domestic and municipal water supplies, reclamation and irrigation, development and utilization of hydroelectric power, conservation of soil, forest and fish and wildlife resources including such consideration of recreation uses, salinity and sediment control, and pollution abatement as may be provided for under Federal policies and procedures. 1 Wichita River, Tex. navigation, flood control, water power, irrigation or water conservation. 1 A coordinated comprehensive report prepared by Federal and State agencies for the comservation and development of land and water resources. 2 To be incorporated in the comprehensive report on the Arkansas, White, and Red River Basins for the conservation and development of land and water resources, which will be pre pared in the Arkansas-White-Red Office, Southwestern Division, Corps of Engineers, U. S Army, Tulsa, Okla. To be incorporated in a comprehensive report on Red River and tributaries, Louisians. Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas for navigation, flood control, power, and irrigation, which will be prepared by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. 4. HUTCHINSON, ARKANSAS RIVER, KANS. Location. The work covered by this project is located on the Arkansas River and Cow Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River, in the immediate vicinity of Hutchinson, Kans. (See U. S. |