Dick's Creek-Little Muddy Creek Watershed, Ohio..

Ebenezer Creek Watershed, Georgia.

Cold River-Old Course Saco Watershed, New Hampshire and Maine.

Eli Whitney Watershed, Georgia.

7

13

17

21

Eutacutaches Creek Watershed, Mississippi..

115

Middle Branch of the Little Auglaize River Watershed, Ohio.

Prairie-Hoaglin Branch of the Little Auglaize River Watershed, Ohio-

Watershed policy statement by the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House

of Representatives___

Statements of:

Ashmore, Hon. Robert T., a Representative in Congress from the

State of South Carolina....

97

147

142

155, 159

37, 150

96

68

Berry, Hon. E. Y., a Representative in Congress from the State of
South Dakota__

174

Burleson, Hon. Omar, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas..

139

Carter, Hon. Tim Lee, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Kentucky

34

Cunningham, Hon. Glenn, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Nebraska.

134

de la Garza, Hon. Eligio, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Texas. -

165

Denney, Hon. Robert V., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Nebraska..

112

Dole, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Kansas.

73

Edwards, Hon. Edwin W., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Louisiana_

161

Frost, S. L., executive secretary, Ohio Water Commission Depart-

ment of Natural Resources_

58

Statements of-Continued

Hansen, Hon. George V., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Idaho_

Harrison, Hon. William Henry, a Representative in Congress from

the State of Wyoming---.

Page

100

83

Jones, Hon. Walter B., a Representative in Congress from the State

of North Carolina_

28

Latta, Hon. Delbert L., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Ohio....

50

Lukens, Hon. Donald E., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Ohio__.

16

McCulloch, Hon. William M., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Ohio_

56

Peters, Ralph W., consultant-treasurer, Maumee Watershed Con-

servancy District__

Montgomery, Hon. G. V., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Mississippi_

Purcell, Hon. Graham, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Texas.

118

53

121

Randall, Hon. William J., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Missouri__

125

Roush, Hon. J. Edward, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Indiana..

Scherle, Hon. William J., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Iowa___

131

Skeldon, Ned, Clear Water, Inc., Toledo, Ohio..

Thomson, Hon. Vernon W., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Wisconsin_

3585

65

59

145

Tunney, Hon. John V., a Representative in Congress from the State

of California__

178

Willis, Hon. Edwin E., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Louisiana_ _ _

Wampler, Hon. William C., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Virginia__.

37, 153

156, 159

Winn, Hon. Larry, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Kansas..

31

Wyman, Hon. Louis C., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New Hampshire...

12

Correspondence submitted to the subcommittee:

Baker, John A., Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

letter of February 8, 1967_ _

37

Bell, Robert D., commissioner, Department of Parks, State of Ken-

tucky, letter of September 20, 1966.

36

Davidson, E. E., airport director, Savannah Airport Commission,

letter of November 21, 1966.

23

Fairchild, Warren D., executive secretary, Soil and Water Conserva-

tion Commission, State of Nebraska, letters of June 26, 1967- 113, 135

Greeley, A. W., Associate Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, letter of August 16, 1966...

106

Hagan, Hon. G. Elliott, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Georgia, letter of February 15, 1967.

21

King, A. E., commissioner of public lands, State of Wyoming, letter
of November 10, 1966-

Tiemann, Hon. Norbert T., Governor, State of Nebraska, letters of

June 26, 1967__

81

113, 135

105

Udall, Hon. Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior, letter of February
16, 1967

WATERSHED PROJECTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1967

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION AND CREDIT

OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 1301, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C., Hon. W. R. Poage (chairman) presiding.

Present: Representatives Poage, Gathings, Stubblefield, Jones of North Carolina, Teague of California, Dole, and Goodling.

Also present: Representative Wampler.

Martha Hannah, subcommittee clerk; Hyde H. Murray, assistant counsel; Francis LeMay, consultant, and Fowler C. West, assistant staff consultant;

Hollis R. Williams, Deputy Administrator for Watersheds, Harold O. Ogrosky, Acting Assistant Deputy Administrator, Watershed Planning; Clyde W. Graham, Director, Watershed Planning Division; William A. Weld, Assistant Director, Watershed Planning Division; and R. Neil Lane, Chief, Projects Branch, Watershed Planning Division, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order.

We have met this morning to consider watershed projects that have been recommended by the Department.

We now have before us for consideration the first watershed project, which is the Big Coon Creek watershed project.

BIG COON CREEK WATERSHED, ALABAMA AND

TENNESSEE

BIG COON CREEK WATERSHED WORK PLAN

Size and Location.-33,094 acres in Jackson County.

Tributary to.-Crow Creek-Tennessee River-Mississippi River.

Sponsors.-Big Coon Creek Watershed Conservancy District, Jackson County Soil Conservation District, and the Jackson County Board of Revenue.

Total watershed privately owned:

Number of Farms: 54.

Size of Farms-about 100 acres average.

Purposes.-Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention.

Principal Measures.-Soil conservation practices on farms, and structural measures consisting of 43,650 feet of stream channel improvement.

Annual Benefits.

Benefit-Cost Ratio.-2.0 to 1. With redevelopment and secondary benefits excluded, the benefit-cost ratio is 1.7 to 1.

Area Benefited.-1,457 acres.

Number of Beneficiaries.-Approximately 46 landowners and operators will be benefited by the structural measures.

1 This is primarily the cost of applying land treatment measures by landowners. Cost sharing from Federal funds appropriated for the agricultural conservation program may be available if included in the county program developed each year in consideration of approved State and National programs and the annual authorization by the Congress. 2 Consisting of land easements, and rights-of-way, $115,050; administration of contracts, $500.

3 The value of measures already installed ($117,920) increases this to 47 percent.

Prorated P.L. 566 Structural Cost per Acre Benefited.-$133

Carrying out the Project.-The Big Coon Creek Water Conservancy District will acquire all necessary land, easements and rights-of-way for the project. The Jackson County Board of Revenue assumes all other local responsibilities for installing, operating and maintaining the structural measures.

The estimated annual cost of operation and maintenance is $1,000. The CHAIRMAN. First, we will let the Department explain the project to us, and I believe that Mr. Weld is going to make the presentation. Mr. WELD. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am W. A. Weld, Assistant Director of the Watershed Planning Division, Soil Conservation Service.

I will lead off on our presentation this morning to discuss the Big Coon Creek Watershed project, which is located in Alabama with a very small portion of the watershed extending up into Tennessee.

This watershed has an area of 33,094 acres, located in Jackson County, Ala.

The watershed is predominantly agriculturally oriented. It is located in the Appalachia region, pretty much in the northeast corner of the State.

To orient this with respect to other communities, there are no towns in the watershed of any significant size.