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Natural Resources Conservation Service

158th Committee Meeting
Oct. 28-30, 2008
Catoosa, Okla.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has a multitude of on-going projects in the Arkansas, White, and Red Basins.  This report is on new activities or activities that have made significant progress since October 2007.  Detailed information on individual projects is included in the handout.

PERSONNEL CHANGES

Since we last met, personnel changes within the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Colorado
  • J.D. Martin - Deputy State Conservationist
  • John Andrews - State Conservation Engineer, assigned PL-566, Rehab & Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP).
Kansas
  • Eric Banks - State Conservationist
Texas
  • Mark Habiger - Assistant State Conservationist (Programs)
Arkansas

  • Kenneth Lee - Assistant State Conservationist (Programs), PL-83-566 Planning

  • Walter Delp - State Conservation Engineer, PL-83-566 Construction, Implementation and Operation and Maintenance and EWP.


NEW PL 83-566 WATERSHED APPLICATIONS

Oklahoma
  • Sugar Creek L-43, Rehabilitation Project, Red River Basin, plan complete.
  • Big Wewoka 35,Rehabilitation Project, Red River Basin, pending funding.
  • Sallisaw 28, 29, 30, Rehabilitation Project, Arkansas River Basin, pending funding.


CURRENT PL 83-566 PLANNING EFFORTS

Oklahoma

Sugar Creek L-43, 44 Rehabilitation Project, Red River Basin, completed, authorized for funding.

Quapaw 15 M, Rehabilitation Project, Arkansas River Basin, completed.

Sallisaw 18 M, Rehabilitation Project, Arkansas River Basin, authorized for funding.


PROJECT MEASURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Arkansas
  • Ozan Creek Site 13, Flood Water Retarding Structure (FWRS), Red River Basin, 100 percent complete.
Oklahoma
  • Sandstone 16A, Rehabilitation Project, Red River Basin, 100 percent complete.
  • Barnitz 14, Rehabilitation Project, Red River Basin, 100 percent complete.
  • Cobb 2, Rehabilitation Project, Arkansas River Basin, 96 percent complete.

Texas

  • Caney Creek, Floodwater Retarding Structure, Red River Basin, complete.


FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (FPM)

  • None


RIVER BASIN STUDIES

Missouri
  • Current River 11010008, Rapid Watershed Assessment, 100 percent complete.
  • Upper Black River 11010007, Rapid Watershed Assessment, 100 percent complete.
  • Eleven Point River Basin 11010011, 100 percent complete.

 
SPECIAL INITIATIVES

Arkansas
  • Rapid Watershed Assessment.  Purpose:  assess resources, concerns and potential remedies for natural resources problems, White River Basin.  Project is 100 percent complete.
Colorado
  • Reclamation of dry grassland on retired irrigated fields.
Kansas
  • Rapid Watershed Assessments (7).  Purpose:  resource inventory and assessment.
Louisiana
  • Rapid Watershed Assessment.  Purpose:  provide estimates of where conservation investments would best address the concerns of landowners, conservation districts, and stakeholders within a watershed.
Missouri
  • South Missouri Water Quality Project Office is a planning and technical assistance office to improve water quality in the White River Basin.

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