Authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, Public Law No. 761 (Seventy-fifth Congress, third session), the East-Lynn Reservoir Project provides for flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife conservation. The project is located on East Fork of Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County, West Virginia, approximately six air miles southeast of Wayne, West Virginia. Reservoir impoundment was initiated in the spring of 1972. At seasonal recreation pool elevation of 202 m (662 ft) mean sea level, the project consists of a 407 ha (1, 0005 ac) lake completely surrounded by approximately 9,521 ha (23,527 ac) of contiguous highlands, comprising an overall project acquisition of 9,928 ha (24,532 ac) in fee. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) submimitted three separate reports (August 15, 1961; July 2, 1964; and October 9, 1964) describing pre-project conditions and predicting post-impoundment impacts on fish and wildlife resources. Fishery considerations were treated in greater depth than wildlife aspects in all three FWS reports. The FWS reports correctly predicted that adverse impacts on fish and wildlife utilization attributable to the project could be successfully mitigated. Fish and wildlife have benefitted substantially from the project as a result of the newly developed reservoir fishery and the large area of peripheral land purchased in conjunction with the project which is protected from incompatible uses.