[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-16-08_SOI_K_WBR_Dam] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Durango, Colorado, [for participation in ceremonies marking the near completion of the main features of the] Bureau of Reclamation's [Animas-La Plata Project, including construction of the] Ridges Basin Dam [and Basin Creek drop structures, the Durango Pumping Plant, and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit [48-DPA-10-16-08_SOI_K_WBR_Dam_DOI_1466.JPG]

Complete assignment is listed as:

Subject: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Durango, Colorado, [for participation in ceremonies marking the near completion of the main features of the] Bureau of Reclamation's [Animas-La Plata Project, including construction of the] Ridges Basin Dam [and Basin Creek drop structures, the Durango Pumping Plant, and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event were Interior Solicitor David Bernhardt, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson, Colorado Senator--and future Interior Secretary--Ken Salazar, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Chairman Clement Frost of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Chairman Ernest House of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and President Joe Shirley of the Navajo Nation, among other federal, state, and local officials.]

Photographer: Tami Heilemann--Interior Staff
[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-16-08_SOI_K_WBR_Dam] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Durango, Colorado, [for participation in ceremonies marking the near completion of the main features of the] Bureau of Reclamation's [Animas-La Plata Project, including construction of the] Ridges Basin Dam [and Basin Creek drop structures, the Durango Pumping Plant, and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit