Missouri River Project Records Guide
Department of Water and Natural Resources
Section 1

Box 1866

• Annual Report on the Water Resources Management System, 1981

Board of Water and Natural Resources, Minutes, 1986-1988 (97-111)

Box 5269

• Minutes, January 23, 1986-September 27, 1988

Board of Water and Natural Resources, Water Project Financing Records, 1979-1989 (95-076)

Box 6644

• Closing Index $3,000,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Loan Anticipation Notes 1980 Series
• Closing Index $4,250,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Loan Anticipation Notes 1980 Series
• Index of Closing Documents (2 volumes/folders)
• Closing Index $2,125,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Loan and Grant Anticipation Notes 1980 Series
• Closing Index $5,674,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Loan Anticipation Notes 1980 Series

Box 6645

• Closing Index $15,585,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Multi-Project Loan Anticipation Notes 1983 Series
• Closing Index $5,785,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund Revenue Bonds Series 1989
• Closing Index $3,030,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Loan Anticipation Notes 1981 Series
• Closing Index $17,230,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Loan Anticipation Notes 1983 Series
• Closing Index $2,200,000 South Dakota Conservancy District Loan Notes 1982 Series

CENDAK Files, 1981-1988 (98-95)

Box 5582

• Action Issues (WPC), n.d.
• Action Issues, 1982-1985
• BuRec T. A. Program
• Background (Mtg Notes)
• January 30 Committeee Meeting, January – May 1986
• January 30 Committee Meeting, January 30, 1986
• Drainage

Box 5583

• Drainage History
• Financing (2 folders)
• Irrigated Lands
• Meetings and Memos (2 folders)
• Meeting Notes 1983-1987 (3 folders)
• Memos, November 1985 – January 1986
• Miscellaneous
• Options (2 folders)
• PR/DES (2 folders)
• Department of the Interior (2 folders)
• Gray Goose Irrigation
• High Plains Study

Box 5562B

• You Never Miss the Water Till….(The Ogallala Story) (Littleton, CO: Water Resources Publications, 1980)
• "Summary of Results of the Ogallala Aquifer Regional Study with Recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce and Congress," Economic Development Administration, December 13, 1982
• "Interim Progress Report of CENDAK Drainage Investigations," U.S. Department of the Interior, December 1986
• JES Irrigation
• Miscellaneous Reports
• Sprinkler Pressure

CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District, Administrative Records, 1984 (85-115)

Box 2211A

• "Supplement to the Plan Formulation Working Document, CENDAK (Central South Dakota Water Supply System) Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program," Bureau of Reclamation, July 1984
• Board of Water and Natural Resources, Meeting December 28, 1983, CENDAK Related
• "Water Districts: A Design for South Dakota’s Future," South Dakota Water Congress, May 1984
• Petitions
• Statement of Robert N. Duxbury Chairman, CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District, before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, April 14, 1984 (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1984)
• "CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District Resolution No. 34-1 Authorizing Certain Officers to Disburse Funds from the Sub-District Treasury"
• "Director Oath of Office, CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District"
• "Resolution Providing that a Tax Be Assessed and Levied on all Taxable Property in the CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District"
• "CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District By-Laws"
• Minutes 1983-1984, CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District Meetings (6 folders)
• "Plan Formulation Document, South Dakota Dredge Program, James River Basin," Department of Water and Natural Resources, December 1983
• "Working Draft Plan of Study, S.D. Water Delivery Study," Bureau of Reclamation, April 1984
• "CENDAK Conservancy Sub-District Operating Policies"
• "Outline for the Developing of a Program of Work"
• "CENDAK Withdrawal"
• Board of Water and Natural Resources, Meeting October 21, 1983, CENDAK Related
• 1984 Director Elections

Division of Environmental Quality, Audio Tapes, 1963-1979 (86-119)

Box 2343

• AudioTapes of Board and Commission Meetings and Public Hearings, 1963, 1970-1979 (39 reel-to-reel)

Division of Environmental Quality, Audio Tapes, 1975-1977 (86-131)

Box 2356

• Audio Tapes of Board Meetings and Public Hearings, 1975-1977 (34 reel-to-reel)

Division of Resources Management, Garrison Diversion Project Task Force Files, 1980 (87-016)

Box 2486

• Garrison Task Force
• Garrison, Technical Background
• Garrison Diversion Unit, Water Quality Files
• Garrison Diversion Task Force, Presentation Material
• Garrison, Board of Water and Natural Resources Correspondence
• Garrison, July 16, 1980 Public Hearing
• Garrison Unit, General File to 1977
• Garrison Unit, General File to 1979
• Garrison, North Dakota Project

Division of Water Development, Conservancy Sub-District Files, 1961-1985 (85-202)

Box 5249

• Agreement, Operations and Maintenance for Structural Measures, 1968
• Agendas, 1965-1973
• Assessed Valuations, 1960-1972
• Audit, Fort Randall Conservancy Sub-District, 1961
• Audit, Fort Randall Conservancy Sub-District, 1973-1974
• Auditor, County, 1961-1964
• Banner, J.T. & Associates, 1967
• Brule County, Inclusion of, 1969
• Budget, 1961-1976 (10 folders)
• Buffalo County, Inclusion of, 1972-1973
• By-laws
• Central Dakota (CENDAK) Conservancy Sub-District:

• Financing, 1982
• Sub-District Formation
• General Correspondence, 1984
• Nominating Petitions and Instructions, 1983
• Copy of Official Returns, 1983
• Publications
• Special Revenue Fund Loan, 1984
• Verification of Withdrawal and Withdrawal Activities, 1983
• Petition of Withdrawal, 1984
• Withdrawal Ballots

• Congressional Letters, 1963-1966
• Conservancy District Resolutions, 1967
• Contract, J.T. Banner & Associates, 1969
• Corps of Engineers, Hearing 1964
• Correspondence, County Agents, 1961-1966
• Correspondence, 1976 (2 folders)
• Correspondence, 1969-1970 (2 folders)
• Director’s Correspondence, 1967-1968
• East Dakota Conservancy Sub-District:

• Budget 1973-1984
• Financial Statements 1980-1984
• Formation 1962-1969

Box 5250

• General Correspondence, 1979-1984
• Memorandums, 1980-1984 (2 folders)
• Minutes, 1979-1984 (3 folders)
• Projects

• East Dakota Notice of Initiation of Investigation, 1968
• East River Rural Electric Association
• Economic Development Administration Applications and Correspondence, 1967-1968
• Election Results, 1965-1967
• Expenditures Reports, 1961-1972
• Fort Randall Conservancy Sub-District:

• Budget, 1966-1974
• Financial Statements, 1979-1984
• Formation, 1960-1983
• General Correspondence, 1972-1985
• Investment of Sub-District Money, 1969-1971
• Minutes, 1979-1984 (2 folders)
• Receipts, 1967-1968

• Fort Randall Resource Conservation and Development Area, 1979-1980
• Geological Survey, 1964-1973
• Idaho Tour, 1969-1970 (2 folders)
• Insurance, 1967-1973
• Maps, 1970
• Oahe Conservancy Sub-District:

• Contracts, 1979-1984
• Formation, 1960-1977
• General Correspondence, 1979-1983

Box 5251

• A Petition for Reapportionment, 1983-1084
• Reapportionment, 1983-1084

• Pipeline Correspondence, 1966-1967
• Policy Book
• Remote Sensing Institute, 1969
• Report from Senator George McGovern, 1976
• Resolution, Addition of Brule County to the Fort Randall Sub-District, 1968-1969
• Resolution, Formation of the Oahe Unit, 1960-1968
• Resolution, Tax Levy, 1961-1968
• Senator George McGovern, 1976
• South Dakota Water Development Association Resolutions, 1973-1974
• Wagner Unit, 1963-1969
• Yankton-Sioux Water Use Research Project, 1967 (2 folders)

Division of Water Development, Corps of Engineers Project Files, 1945-1980 (83-037)

Box 2105

• Big Bend Conservancy Sub-District
• Master Contract Negotiations
• Newspaper Clippings, East Dakota, Big Sioux River
• Fish and Wildlife Contract among Bureau of Reclamation
• Oahe Sub-District
• Oahe Master Contract Revisions
• Irrigation District Participating Contracts
• Reports and Data Sheets
• Projects
• General Correspondence, Oahe Sub-District
• Oahe Environmental Advisory Committee
• Oahe Unit Hearings by Oahe Conservancy Sub-District
• Reapportionment Case
• Big Sioux Harbor Facilities
• Sioux Falls Local Protection Project
• Big Bend Dam

Box 2106A

• Gavins Point Dam
• Minnesota River
• Oahe Dam
• Red River of the North
• Vermillion River
• Saline Water Conversion, General
• Aberdeen M&I (Municipal and Industrial) (Elm River and Willow Creek)

Division of Water Development, Garrison Project Reports, 1976-1986 (96-013)

Box 6137A

• "Draft Supplemental Environmental Statement, Garrison Diversion Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program," Bureau of Reclamation, March 1986
• "Draft Supplement to the Supplemental Environmental Statement, Garrison Diversion Unit Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program," Bureau of Reclamation, December 1986
• "Draft James River Model Studies, Garrison Diversion Unit Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program," Bureau of Reclamation, December 1985
• Final Report on Water Quality Impacts Garrison Study Commission
• James River Model Studies Garrison Diversion Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program August 1985

Box 6137B

• Garrison Extension Special Report, Bureau of Reclamation Upper Missouri Regional Office January 1982
• Lamoure-Oakes Section, and James River Water Quality Study Garrison Diversion Unit North Dakota (2 folders)

Division of Water Development, Project Formulation Files, 1944-1989 (96-019)

Box 6109

• CENDAK (Central Dakota Water Supply System, Inc.)
• LJ/WR/OS (Lyman Jones/West River/Oglala Sioux)
• Mni Wiconi
• West River/ Lyman Jones
• LJ/WR/OS Rural Water Systems (RWS)

Box 6110

• Hydro Upgrading
• Hydro/Project Cust. Issues
• Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP), Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency (MBMPA)/ America Public Power Association (APPA), East River Power Cooperative, Missouri Basin Systems Group (MBSG)
• James River:

• Restoration Project: Information Packet
• Water Development District Correspondence (2 folders)
• Recreation: Canoe Trail, Channel Survey (3 files)

• Bureau, Safety Information
• Conservation Easement Program
• GF&P Correspondence
• Utilities
• Gregory County Project (2 folders)
• River Ranch Report A, Tea (2 folders)
• Final Report 1987 Hydroelectric Survey: James River
• Investment Analysis of Sources of Erosion and Sedimentation Impacting the Main-Stem Reservoir System in Western South Dakota
• Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Plan for Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe
• Missouri River Development
• Public Land Ownership
• Lake Andes Municipal Water Easement
• 22.7 Easement Policy
• Lake Andes-Wagner Cost Sharing (2 folders)

Box 6111

• Law, Surplus Crops
• Yankton Sioux (3 folders)
• For Corps File on Lake Andes
• Lake Andes-Wagner Water Systems (4 folders)
• Missouri Basin Pick-Sloan Program (4 folders)
• Gregory County Study Management Committee
• Gregory County Pumped Storage January 25, 1984, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Department of Water and Natural Resources, Lake Andes Agreement (2 folders)
• Department of Water and Natural Resources, James River History
• Department of Water and Natural Resources, Special Purposes District Study Report (2 folders)

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Phone: 605-773-3804
Fax: 605-773-6041
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