Deaver Reservoir is an equalizing, or regulating, reservoir that serves water to about 1,800 acres on the Frannie Division of the Shoshone Project. For 75 years, the reservoir provided the domestic water supply for the town of Deaver. Water is now transported to Deaver by the nearly 60-mile-long Shoshone Municipal Pipeline, which was constructed in 1991. In addition to serving as part of the irrigation system, Deaver Reservoir today is used as a family recreation area. Fishing, picnicking, and bird watching are popular pastimes there. On February 10, 1904, the Secretary of the Interior set aside $2,250.000 for the initial construction of the Shoshone Project, one of the first federal reclamation projects in the nation and the largest federal project in Wyoming. The project was settled in four divisions: Garland in 1907, Frannie in 1917, Willwood in 1927, and Heart Mountain in 1946. Today, the project comprises 93,000 acres, and major crops are alfalfa hay, sugar beets, dry edible beans, malting barley, and specialty crops.