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proposed barge canal lacks economic justification. Crab Orchard Lake, 
Devil’s Kitchen, and Little Grassy are completed reservoirs on this water- 
shed. The DOW recently completed a large recreational reservoir on Kin- 
kaid Creek in Jackson County. Despite all these dams in the area, a recent 
report recommends that the COE and SCS construct 73 more reservoirs in 
the Big Muddy watershed. Congressman Ken Gray favors this plan. 
CLEAR CREEK: A bill which is supported by the DOW has been 
introduced in the Illinois General Assembly which will authcrize a re- 
servoir study on Clear Creek in Union County. This proposed dam may 
threaten the Pine Hills Natural Area which is sacred to biologists through- 
out the continent. 
KASKASKIA: Shelbyville Reservoir is nearing completion in Shelby 
County at a cost of $60 million (Illinois’ share—$16.4 million). This dam is 
50 miles from the proposed Oakley site and 35 miles from the Lincoln site. 
Downriver in Clinton County is the notorious Carlyle Reservoir. This $42 
million (Illinois’ share—$3.3 million) “improvement” has flooded the farmers 
whose land it was to protect as well as its accompanying picnic and 
camping areas. The Carlyle Water Sports Festival which was supposed to 
attract over a million visitors in the summer of 1971 was a financial 
disaster. As a special gift to area coal and barge interests, the lower river 
is being channelized at a cost of over $100 million so as to accomodate 
the barges. 
