Missouri River Project Records Guide
Department of Water and Natural Resources
Section 7

Office of the Secretary, Association of Western State Engineers Conference Records, 1955-1964

Box 438

• 1955 Conference, Denver, Correspondence (2 folders)
• 1955 Conference, Denver, Financial (2 folders)
• 1957 Conference, Santa Fe, Correspondence (2 folders)
• 1957 Conference, Santa Fe, Financial
• 1960 Conference, Santa Barbara, Correspondence (3 folders)
• 1961 Conference, Bismarck, Correspondence (2 folders)
• 1962 Conference, Salt Lake City, Correspondence
• 1962 Conference, Salt Lake City, Financial Statements
• Proceedings, 35th Annual Convention, August 14-16, 1962
• 1963 Conference, Denver, Correspondence (2 folders)
• 1963 Conference, Denver, Resolutions (2 folders)
• 1964 Conference, Austin, Correspondence (3 folders)
• 1964 Conference, Austin, Finances, Reports

Office of the Secretary, Board of Water and Natural Resources Minutes 1973-1975 (85-158)

Box 2231B

• Minutes 1973-1975 (6 folders)

Office of the Secretary, Board of Water and Natural Resources Reports,1969-1979 (85-165)

Box 1288B

• West River Conservancy Sub-District Annual Reports 1969-1979 (9 volumes)

Office of the Secretary, CENDAK Project Files, 1981-1985 (96-159)

Box 4686

• CENDAK Project Files, 1981-1985 (13 folders)

Office of the Secretary, Chronological and Gubernatorial Correspondence, 1979 (86-142)

Box 2476

• Chronological File, March-December 1979
• Governor’s Letters, 1979 (2 folders)

Office of the Secretary, Congressional Correspondence, 1973-1978 (86-145)

Box 1866

• Congressional Correspondence, November 1973-February 1978 (1 folder)

Office of the Secretary, Conservancy Sub-District Files, 1960-1984 (86-073)

Box 755

• Lawrence County Conservancy Sub-District, Sub-District Formation
• Lower James Conservation Sub-District:

• Annual Budgets/Audits
• General Correspondence
• Sub-District Formation
• Minutes

• Meade County Conservancy Sub-District:

• Miscellaneous Correspondence 1983-1984
• Administrative Records 1983-1984
• Sub-District Establishment Documents 1983
• Sub-District and Other Minutes 1978, 1983-1986
• Sub District Formation

• West River Conservancy Sub-District:

• Annual Budgets/Audits
• General Correspondence
• Sub-District Formation
• Presho Stanley County Petitions 1982
• Minutes

Box 756

• Sub-Districts General Information:

• Budgets (Rules On)
• Budget Guidelines
• Budgets, General
• Sub-Districts
• Sub-District Withdrawal
• Election File 1984
• General Correspondence
• Conservancy District Act (Formation Of)
• Jerauld and Sanborn Counties, Petitions
• Manager’s Meetings
• Nominating Petition Directions
• Maps
• Perkins County Withdrawal
• Petitions, Ballots and Information Sheets
• Refiling of Conservancy Rules and Regulations September 1966
• Vote and Certification Organic Resolution (2 folders)
• Withdrawal

• Black Hills Conservancy Sub-District:

• General Correspondence
• Lawrence County Lawsuit
• Sub-District Formation
• Annual Budgets/Audits

Office of the Secretary, Contracts, 1916-1983 (97-076)

Box 5100

• Grass Rope, Fort Thompson Units, 1966-1980
• Angostura Project (2 folders)
• Oahe Conservancy Sub-District Contractual Authority, 1962-1983 (2 folders)
• Rapid Valley (2 folders)
• Master Contract between the United States and the Oahe Conservancy Sub-District, Revisions (5 folders)

Office of the Secretary, Energy Transportation System Inc. Files, 1973-1988 (97-077)

Box 5100

• Governor of South Dakota vs. Kansas City Southern Industries
• Statements by Warren R. Neufeld before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and National Resources, 1983
• Energy Transportation Systems Inc., Papers and Reports
• ETSI (Energy Transportation Systems Inc.) Correspondence, 1974-1985 (3 folders)

Box 5101

• ETSI Advertisements and Newspaper Clippings
• Missouri Congressman Tom Coleman, Articles and Correspondence, 1981-1984
• Agriculture and ETSI
• ETSI, Newspaper Articles and Reports, 1973-1980 (2 folders)
• ETSI, Newspaper Articles 1980-1981 (2 folders)
• ETSI, Newspaper Articles, 1982 (3 folders)
• ETSI, Newspaper Articles, 1983
• ETSI, Newspaper Articles from South Dakota Attorney General’s Binder, 1981 (4 folders)

Office of the Secretary, Governor Janklow’s Correspondence 1980-1982 (87-015)

Box 2487

• 1980
• Chronological File 1980
• January 1981-June 1981
• July 1981-December 1981
• Chronological File, 1981
• January 1982-April 1982
• May 1982-October 1982

Office of the Secretary, Minutes, 1981-1984 (90-089)

Box 4056

• State Board of Education Meeting January 1982
• Board of Water and Natural Resources Meetings September-October 1981

Box 4057

• Board of Water and Natural Resources Meetings December 1981- February 1984

Office of the Secretary, Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee, Minutes, 1945-1969

Box 898

• Index to Minutes 1945-1967
• July 1945 December 2-3, 1947
• March 18, 1948-April 29, 1948
• Denver, Colorado May 27, 1948
• Riverton, Wyoming July 29, 1948
• Billings, Montana September 9, 1948
• Bismarck, North Dakota October 26, 1948
• Lincoln, Nebraska December 9, 1948
• Jefferson City, Missouri March 25, 1949
• Concordia, Kansas April 28, 1948
• Rapid City, South Dakota May 26, 1949
• Helena, Montana July 21, 1949
• Loveland, Colorado August 18, 1949
• Powell, Wyoming September 22-23, 1949
• October 25-27, 1949, December 1, 1949, January 29, 1950
• Sioux Falls, South Dakota March 23, 1950
• Hays, Kansas April 20, 1950
• St. Louis, Missouri May 18, 1950
• Casper, Wyoming June 29, 1950
• Denver, Colorado July 20, 1950
• Fort Peck, Montana August 24, 1950
• Minot, North Dakota October 5-6 1950
• North Platte, Nebraska December 1, 1950
• Jefferson City, Missouri February 9, 1951
• Yankton, South Dakota April 18-19, 1951
• Bozeman, Montana May 24-25, 1951
• Shenandoah, Iowa June 20, 1951
• Granby, Colorado July 19-20, 1951
• Worland, Wyoming August 23-24, 1951
• Bismarck, North Dakota October 23-24, 1951
• Topeka, Kansas December 14, 1951
• Missouri River Basin Development Program 1951
• Hastings, Nebraska January 23-24, 1952
• Kansas City, Missouri March 20, 1952
• Pierre, South Dakota May 7-8, 1952
• Sioux City, Iowa June 25-26, 1952
• Helena, Montana July 16-17, 1952
• Denver, Colorado August 20-21, 1952
• Bismarck, North Dakota October 8-9, 1952
• Omaha, Nebraska December 2, 1952
• Sioux City, Iowa January 28, 1953

Box 899

• Sioux City, Iowa January 28, 1953
• Torrington, Wyoming March 25, 1953
• Pickstown, South Dakota April 30, 1953
• Huron, South Dakota May 20, 1953
• St. Paul, Minnesota June 25, 1953
• Lewistown, Montana July 30, 1953
• Loveland, Colorado August 26, 1953
• Topeka, Kansas December 3, 1953
• Jefferson City, Missouri January 27, 1954
• Des Moines, Iowa March 31, 1954
• North Platte, Nebraska May 5-6, 1954
• Yellowstone National Park June 24-25, 1954
• Rapid City, South Dakota July 21-22, 1954
• Sidney, Montana September 8-9, 1954
• Bismarck, North Dakota October 28-29, 1954
• Topeka, Kansas December 7, 1954
• Kansas City, Missouri April 21, 1955
• Grand Island, Nebraska June 22, 1955
• Rapid City, South Dakota September 7, 1955
• Minot, North Dakota November 2, 1955
• Sioux City, Iowa December 14, 1955
• Lincoln, Nebraska May 1, 1957
• Worland, Wyoming July 9-10, 1957
• Kansas City, Missouri September 17-18, 1957

Box 900

• Ottowa, Kansas November 20, 1957
• Des Moines, Iowa January 23, 1958
• McCook, Nebraska March 26, 1958
• Aberdeen, South Dakota May 15, 1958
• Minneapolis, Minnesota August 27, 1963
• Fargo, North Dakota October 9, 1963
• Lincoln, Nebraska December 10, 1963
• Houston, Texas January 29-30, 1964
• Bennet Springs, Missouri April 22-23, 1964
• Pierre, South Dakota October 7, 1964
• Sioux City, Iowa December 5, 1964
• Atchinson, Kansas March 25, 1965
• Denver, Colorado June 24, 1965
• Cheyenne, Wyoming September 21-23 1965
• St. Paul, Minnesota February 1-2, 1966
• Bismarck, North Dakota April 14, 1966
• Scottsbluff, Nebraska June 21-23, 1966
• Kansas City, Missouri October 4-5, 1966
• Great Falls, Montana January 4-5, 1967
• Aberdeen, South Dakota March 29-30, 1967
• Des Moines, Iowa June 21-22, 1967
• Salina, Kansas September 27-28, 1967
• Denver, Colorado December 6-7, 1967
• Bismarck, North Dakota 13-14, 1968
• Grand Teton National Park Wyoming June 27-28, 1968
• Hibbing, Minnesota September 6, 1968
• Lincoln, Nebraska December 11-12, 1968
• Jefferson City, Missouri March 19-20, 1969

Office of the Secretary, Missouri Basin States Association/Commission Files, 1981-1982 (87-107)

Box 2485

• Water Resource Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous 1953-1974
• Flood Control Act of 1954
• Missouri Basin States Association News Bulletin 1982
• Missouri River Basin Commission Hydrology Study to 1981
• Missouri Basin States Association 1981
• Missouri Basin States Association Director’s News Bulletin:

• October 15, 1982
• November 26, 1982
• December 10, 1982

Office of the Secretary, Missouri River Basin Commission Files, 1980-1981 (86-143)

Box 2499

• Correspondence Signed by W.R.N. (Warren R. Neufeld), Vice Chairman
• W.R.N. (Warren R. Neufeld), Member
• Priorities Committee
• Priorities Fiscal Year 1982
• Budget
• Chairman
• "Basin 2030"
• Closet

Office of the Secretary, Old West Regional Commission Files, 1975-1980 (86-144)

Box 2499

• Meeting, Billings, November 5-6, 1980
• Meeting, November 14, 1980, Miscellaneous
• Old West Regional Commission Energy Advisory Commission 1975-1979

Office of the Secretary, Pick-Sloan Program Files, 1944-1996 (98-035)

Box 5329

• Agricultural Data
• Archaeology
• Assisting River Development Opportunities, 1989
• Basin Electric Power Cooperative, 1983-1984
• Board of Water and Natural Resources Adopted Rules, 1986
• Colorado River Storage Project, 1982-1983
• Coordination Directory of State, Federal and Tribal Water Resource Officials, 1995
• Cost Recovery Authority, 1987-1990
• Draft Flood Control Issue Paper, 1995
• "East River Guardian," April 1998
• Flood Control Act of 1944, 1953, 1993 (2 folders)
• Governor George S. Mickelson’s Water Initiative, 1987
• Hilltop/Gray Goose Irrigation, 1987
• Historical Perspectives on the Pick-Sloan Plan and Contemporary Water Development Needs, 1988
• History of Pick-Sloan and Oahe: Their Impact on South Dakota Water Development, 1987
• Irrigation Development, 1980-1987
• Issue Paper-Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe, 1993
• "The Law of the Missouri" (South Dakota Law Review, 1985)
• Northern Lights Research and Education Institute, 1989
• Mid-Continent Area Power Pool Agreement, 1982
• Missouri River Basin Document No. 191, 1944 (2 folders)
• Missouri River Basin, Letter from the Secretary of War, 1944 (2 folders)
• Missouri River Basin Association, 1995-1996
• Missouri River Basin Association Collaborative Process, 1995
• Missouri River Basin State Association, 1980, 1986 (3 folders)
• Missouri River Allocations, 1961, 1982-1984, 1989 (2 folders)
• Missouri River Conference, 1995
• Missouri River Main Stem Reservoir System, 1958 (2 folders)
• Missouri River Opportunities and Challenges, 1987
• Missouri River Pick-Sloan Audit
• Missouri River Pick-Sloan Power, 1973, 1975, 1982-1986 (2 folders)
• Missouri River Resource Enhancement Program, 1988

Box 5330

• Oahe Conservancy Sub-District, 1980-1982
• Oahe Deauthorization, 1980-1981 (2 folders)
• Oahe Hydro Facility Upgrading, 1987
• Oahe Project Alternatives, 1980
• Pick-Sloan Program:

• Costs, 1985
• Energy Transportation System, Inc. (ETSI), 1981-1988 (4 folders)
• Indian Water Rights
• Irrigation Map
• Irrigation Projects, 1983-1987
• Legal Research, 1976-1978 (5 folders)
• Missouri Basin Program, 1981-1986
• North Dakota, Garrison, 1981-1996
• Water Contracts, 1977
• Water Marketing, 1975
• WEB, 1980-1982 (3 folders)

• Power Contracts, 1986-1987 (2 folders)
• Power Production/Distribution, 1988
• Public Affairs, 1985, 1987
• Public Power Legislation, 1983
• Pumping Power, 1983, 1987
• St. Anthony Messenger (Cincinnati, OH: Andrew Fox, 1984)
• Settlement Proposals, 1987-1988
• Small Scale Hydroelectric Generation in South Dakota
• Statistical Data, 1986
• Status of Major Water Resources Projects in South Dakota, 1987
• Upper Missouri Basin Association, 1987-1988
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1982, 1995
• Water Development in South Dakota, 1981
• Water Rights
• Water Storage Charges, 1985-1986
• Western Area Power Association, Power Repayment Studies, 1982
• Western Governor’s Association, 1986, 1995

MD1

• Water Resources Development, Missouri River Basin Map, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, From Senate Document 191, 1944 (2 copies)

FB316

Pick-Sloan Program Legal Research (continuation of legal research folders from box 5330)

Office of the Secretary, Pick-Sloan Program Files, 1946-1989 (97-074)

Box 5098

• Reports on the Flood Control Act of 1944
• Reports on the Pick-Sloan Program, 1949-1989
• 1982 WAPA (Western Area Power Administration) Rate Case, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• 1982 WAPA Rate Increase, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (3 folders)
• Pick-Sloan Program Flood Control, 1986
• Upper Missouri Water Users Association, 11/9/97-11/11/97
• Pick-Sloan Irrigation Pumping Power
• Pick-Sloan Program, Articles, Addresses, Ads (2 folders)
• Pick-Sloan Power (2 folders)
• Missouri River Natural Flows

FB316

• Pick-Sloan Program Files

Office of the Secretary, Pick-Sloan, Files, 1958-1991 (97-114)

Box 5263A

• COE (Corps of Engineers), Missouri River Daily Flows, 1988-1990
• COE, Missouri River Daily Flows, 1990-1991
• Pick-Sloan Settlement
• Settlement Bill, 1988
• Report on the Allocation of Costs
• South Dakota Electricity Use

Office of the Secretary, Reports, 1950-1985 (97-063)

Box 4811

• 1976 South Dakota Water Quality Grant Application, 208
• Application for Grant 208
• South Dakota Statewide Waste Treatment Management Work Plan 1976
• Applications for Federal Assistance, Lake County Conservation District 1976
• Applications for Federal Assistance 1976
• Comprehensive Water Quality Management Planning for the State of South Dakota 1978
• Agreement between South Dakota Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1978
• Fiscal Year 1978 Funds for the 208 Water Quality Management Program
• South Dakota Fiscal Year 1979-1980 208 Funding Strategy 1979
• Fiscal Year 1979 Environmental Protection Agency Funds
• Funding Increases for Water Supply Studies 1982
• Quarterly 208 Status Report
• Interim Basin Plan for Big Sioux River Basin, South Dakota 1971
• Interim Basin Plan for Central Missouri River Basin, South Dakota 1972
• Summary Report Water Quality and Return Flow Study Initial Stage- Oahe Unit 1975
• Comprehensive Water Quality Management for the State of South Dakota 1976, Central Missouri River Basin
• Comprehensive Water Quality Management for the State of South Dakota 1976, Minnesota River Basin
• Comprehensive Water Quality Management for the State of South Dakota 1976, Big Sioux River Basin
• Assessing Nonpoint Sources of Pollution in South Dakota 1978
• 208 Activities Report Fiscal Year 1978
• Water Quality Management Plan 1978

Box 4812

• Water Quality Management Plan 1978
• Final Report Water Quality Management Plan 1978 (2 folders)
• Point and Nonpoint Sources Statewide Review (2 folders)
• Best Management Practice for the Control of Nonpoint Pollution from Silvicultural and Related Road Activities
• Land Resource Analysis for 208 Water Quality Planning in South Dakota 1980
• 106 Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Division of Water Quality South Dakota 1981
• Update to the 208 Area-wide Water Quality Management Planning Program of March 1982
• Best Management Practices for the Management and Protection of Western Riparian Stream Ecosystem
• Black Hills Stream Inventory and Classification
• Summary of Findings for the Central Missouri River Basin
• Big Stone Lake Restoration Project, 1985
• Lake Kampeska/Pelican Lake Water Quality Study Area Report 1985 (2 folders)
• Mina Lake Water Quality Study Area Report 1985 (2 folders)
• Wastewater Treatment 1978 (2 folders)
• Lake Poinsett Environmental Health Survey 1973
• Capitol Lake Final Report 1985
• Wall Lake Water Quality Study Area Report 1985 (2 folders)
• Dry Run Creek Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Lake Hendricks Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Pickerel Lake Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Firesteel Creek/Lake Mitchell Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Pierre Creek/Lake Hanson Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Capitol Lake/Hilger’s Gulch Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Lake Byron Water Quality Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Lake Poinsett/Oakwood Lakes Water Quality Study Area Report 1985
• Standardized Implementation Strategy for Lake Restoration in South Dakota
• Water Quality Report for Lake Campbell 1985
• State Planning Bureau (3 folders)
• Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield 1978
• First Planning and Development District 1977 (3 folders)
• Third Planning and Development District (3 folders)
• Fourth Planning and Development District (3 folders)
• Fifth Planning and Development District 1977 (2 folders)

Box 4814

• South Dakota Department of Environmental Protection 1978 (2 folders)
• 208 Final Report June 1, 1981 (3 folders)
• South Eastern Council of Governments, The Strategy for Clean Water (2 folders)

Office of the Secretary, Secretary’s Files, 1982-1985 (91-010)

Box 4079

• Correspondence 1982-1985

Box 4080

• Letters Referred from Governor 1981-1984
• Memos to Governor 1982-1985
• Division Director Memos 1983-1984
• Monthly Report to Governor 1983-1985
• Monthly Reports to Secretary 1983-1985
• Missouri Basin States Association 1983-1985
• General Adjudication 1980-1983
• Legislation 1982-1984

Box 4081A

• Action Issues in Legislature 1981-1984
• Legislation (Tentative) 1980-1983
• Budget Fiscal Year 1983
• Financial Advisors and Bonding Council 1978-1980

Office of the Secretary, Subject Files, 1944-1982 (96-298)

Box 5252

• Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1977
• Blunt Reservoir
• Canalside Irrigation, 1971-1979 (4 folders)
• Congressional Authorization & Appropriations, 1956-1978 (2 folders)
• Cooperative Extension Service, Educational Material
• Cresbard Reservoir, 1973
• Environmental Impact Statement, 1971-1982
• Federal-State-Citizens Study Team, 1962-1977 (5 folders)
• Hydrology Study, 1980-1982 (2 folders)
• James River Return Flows, 1955-1979 (3 folders)

Box 5253

• James River Channelization, 1977
• James River Hearing, 1977
• James River Study Team Meeting, 1974 (2 folders)
• Land Acquisition Hearing, 1977
• Land Acquisition, 1972-1977
• Latest Oahe Information, 1973-1975 (2 folders)
• Maps, Oahe (2 folders)
• Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1977 (3 folders)
• Miscellaneous Projects, 1955-1976
• Miscellaneous Reports, 1944-1975 (2 folders)
• Missouri River Basin Commission Hydrology Study (MRBCHS), 1980 (3 folders)

Box 5254

• MRBCHS, 1980-1981 (5 folders)
• Missouri River Basin Power Revenues & South Dakota Water Development, 1978
• Missouri River Project History, 1975
• Missouri River Pumping Units, Tower Greenwood Units, 1956-1976 (2 folders)
• Mitchell Unit, 1968-1975
• Municipal Water Supplies, 1961-1979
• Oahe Alternatives, 1977-1980 (4 folders)
• Oahe Conservancy Sub-District Board:

• Benefit Cost Hearing, 1977 (2 folders)
• Impacts, Canalside and Contract Hearing, 1977
• Wildlife Hearing, 1977
• Soils and Drainage Hearing, 1977

• Oahe Conservancy Sub-District Hearing Statements, 1977

Box 5255

• Oahe Deauthorization Hearings and Legislation, 1980-1981
• Oahe Irrigation District, 1968
• Oahe Mitigation, 1976-1980
• Oahe Meeting, Senator George McGovern, 1974-1977
• Oahe Project Federal Review Panel, 1977 (2 folders)
• Oahe Project Federal Review Panel:

• Benefit Cost Ratios, 1975-1977
• Correspondence, 1977-1978
• Governor’s Statements, 1977 (2 folders)
• Newspaper Articles, 1977

• Oahe Settlement, 1981
• Oahe Unit:

• 1962-1980 (2 folders)
• Fish and Wildlife Plan, 1977
• Initial Stage, 1973-1974
• Missouri River Basin Project: 1967 (2 folders)
• Responses, 1975
• Task Force, 1977

Box 5256

• Task Force, 1977
• Task Force Correspondence, 1977-1979 (2 folders)
• Task Force Meeting, 5/13/77
• Task Force Meeting, 6/3/77
• Task Force Meeting, 6/8/77
• Task Force Meeting, 7/1/77
• Task Force Meeting, 9/1/77
• Task Force Meeting, 3/6/78

• Oahe Unit Task Force Meeting Minutes, August 1977-March 1978
• March 1977-July 1977
• Oahe Unit Termination Studies, 1979-1980 (3 folders)
• Official Statements, 1957-1975 (3 folders)

Box 5257

• Official Statements, 1976-1978 (2 folders)
• Opposition to Oahe Unit, 1974-1978 (2 folders)
• Pine Ridge Unit
• Pollock-Herreid Unit, 1962-1981 (2 folders)
• Precipitation Increase, State Law, 1953-1980
• Recreation Reconnaissance Report, 1960
• Referendum on Oahe Project, 1975-1976
• Sanborn Canal 1977
• September Meeting, 1974 (2 folders)
• South Dakota State Water Plan, 1977
• Special Meeting, 1974
• State Climate, 1980
• Wagner Unit, 1962-1971
• Water Quality and Return Flows, 1975-1976 (3 folders)
• Weather Modification Commission, 1975
• White River Diversion, 1951-1976

Box 5102B

• Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives of Blackhawk Lake

Office of the Secretary, Western Governors’ Association Hydro Task Force Files, 1984-1985 (97-073)

Box 5098

• Report Providing Information on the Federal Hydroelectric System in the West, 1984
• Hydro Task Force, Meeting 2/8/85
• Assessment of the WGA (Western Governors’ Association) Hydro Task Force
• East River Electric Power Cooperative
• The Western Hydro System, 1985
• 1986 Budget

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