The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-01
Buffalo River
WatershedChannel
Easements Readied
Dam And Pond
Agreements Now 10
Shy OF Completion

Another hurdle in the develop
ment of the Buffalo River water
shed in Prince Edward county is
now being tackled, the writing Of
easements for channel sites.
H. E. Lacy. Prince Edward soil
conservationist. in reporting on
progress of the 74,700-acre project.
said today that only 10 dam and
pond site easements remained TO be
signed. Forty-nine of the required
68 such agreements authorizing con
tractor personnel and equipment the
right of entry on private property
for construction work have been APP
proved by landowners.
Plans for the huge project have
already been approved by local
authorities and the Soil Conserva-
ton Service district office in Upper
Darby. Pa. Final approval is now
awaited from Congress where the
plan has been forwarded.
Three Sites Cleared
Construction of the project cannot
be started, after approval and APP
preparations by Congress. until
dam, pond, and channel easements
have been signed for the various
sites. Lacy pointed out the dam and
pond easements on sites two, five
and eight have been signed.
However. no channel easements
have been signed for any of the
nine dam sites included in the plan.
I'VE plan to concentrate on that
phase Of the program during the
next three months with the aim Of
having a couple of the sites com
pletely cleared up by the time Con-
gress approves. said Lacy
Site two is the only area where
channel easements would immedi-
ately clear the way for construction
if necessary appropriations come
from Congress. Located just south
of Five Forks on Lockett creek, site
two is an independent unit while
site five southeast of Darlington
Heights, and number eight. which
is located on the west fork of Cary's
branch, are tied in with other sites.
gSite five is tied in with lakes six
and seven. A number of dam and
pond easements still need approval
at site six, and one remains to be
signed for site seven. Site eight is
tied in with nine, located on the east
fork Of Cary's branch, where three
pond and dam easements are re-
CURED.
State Objective
The State Soil Conservation Serv-
ice, in it's recently published plans
Of operations for 1860. lists among
its detectives the acceleration Of
land treatment in the Buffalo Creek
Watershed upon approval Of the
plan which is anticipated by March
1. Project agreements will be
completed for one retention reser-
voir and one unit of channel i'm
provement. A target date of De-
cember 81, 1860 was placed on the
objective.
Lacy predicted everal sites
would be ready for construction
when appropriations are made. Of
the 10 dam and pond easements. not
yet signed, many of them are parti-
ally complete, according to Lacy,
He noted that number of the
easements require several sigma
lures where estates are involved.
The total number Of channel
easements for the overall project
has not been calculated vet, that
phase of the work having Just been
begun. Channel easements arc re-
CURED for areas below the actual
dams, but not above. Lacy said
there would be considerably more
channel easements than dam and
pond ones, but his office would con-
centratc on one site at a time to be
ready when appropriations are
made.