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summer field season and in analyzing the data and specimens collected 

 and in preparing technical reports. The preliminary reports com- 

 pleted and mimeographed for distribution were on the Kirwin, Cedar 

 Bluff, and Kanopolis Reservoirs in Kansas; the Enders, Harlan 

 County, and Medicine Creek Reservoirs in Nebraska ; and the Cherry 

 Creek and Wray Reservoirs in Colorado. Mr. Kivett left Lincoln on 

 May 3, 1947, in company with Jack T. Hughes. From then until May 

 19 they made a preliminary reconnaissance of six reservoirs in the 

 Lower Platte River Sub-basin. A total of 19 previously unreported 

 archeological sites were located during this period. After his return 

 to Lincoln, Mr. Kivett prepared preliminary reports on the Lower 

 Platte River Basin including all the information obtained from the 

 six reservoirs visited. The period from June 1 to June 9 was spent in 

 preparing for a preliminary reconnaissance of the Garrison Reservoir 

 in North Dakota. Mr. Kivett and his party left Lincoln for North 

 Dakota on June 9, and at the end of the year they were engaged in a 

 survey of the Garrison Reservoir. 



Theodore E. Wliite, paleontologist, was appointed to the general 

 River Basin Surveys staff on April 15, 1947. From that date until 

 April 26 he devoted his time to studying collections of fossil material 

 from the Missouri Basin in the United States National Museum. On 

 April 27 he left Washington for Lincoln, Nebr., and on April 29 joined 

 the Missouri Basin staff. He left Lincoln on May 2 and spent 6 days 

 in a reconnaissance of proposed reservoir areas in the Lower Platte 

 Sub-basin in north central Nebraska. During this time he visited 

 seven reservoir basins finding fossil remains in only one. These were 

 reworked material of little scientific value. Dr. White returned to 

 the Lincoln headquarters on May 9 and left on May 13 to make a recon- 

 naissance of the Republican and Smokej? Hill Sub-basins in south- 

 western Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado. This work continued until 

 June 6, during which time he visited nine reservoirs in Nebraska, eight 

 in Kansas, and two in Colorado. Seven of these sites were recom- 

 mended for a more detailed survey on the basis of material found 

 and the extent of the exposures. From June 6 to June 13 Dr. White 

 worked at the Lincoln headquarters preparing reports and recom- 

 mendations for the various reservoirs which he had examined. On 

 Jmie 13 he left Lincoln to examine proposed reservoir areas in the 

 North Platte Sub-basin in Wyoming, the Cheyenne River Sub-basin 

 in Wyoming and South Dakota, and smaller sub-basins in North and 

 South Dakota. This reconnaissance lasted until June 28, and during 

 the period three reservoirs were visited in Wyoming, six in South 

 Dakota and four in North Dakota. Three of the reservoirs were rec- 

 ommended for more detailed investigation. White returned to Lin- 

 coln on June 28 and at the end of the fiscal year was preparing to 

 start for further survey work in Wyoming and Montana. 



