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<br />~ <br /> <br />() 02410 . <br /> <br />WATERSHED PLAN. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT <br />FOR HIGHLINE BREAKS WATERSHED, COLORADO <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF WATERSHED PLAN <br /> <br />- <br />. <br /> <br />Project Name: Highline Breaks Watershed <br /> <br />County: Otero, Pueblo <br />State: Colorado <br /> <br />Sponsors: West Otero Soil Conservation District, East Otero Soil Conservation <br /> <br />District, Colorado State Soil Conservation Board <br /> <br />Description of Recommended Plan: <br /> <br />The recommended plan is composed of management and enduring conservation <br /> <br />practices. The management and enduring practices are to reduce deep percolation, <br /> <br />runoff and irrigation induced erosion which will improve water quality of both surface <br /> <br />and groundwater, the Arkansas River, as well as protect the resource base. <br /> <br />Resource Information: <br />Size of watershed (acres) <br />Land cover - Total cropland (acres) <br />Rangeland (acres) <br />Forost laRe! (aoroo) <br />Miscellaneous (acres) <br /> <br />89,650 <br />59,700 <br />26,850 <br /> <br />3,100 <br /> <br />Land ownership-Private (percent) <br />State-Local (percent) <br /> <br />98 <br />2 <br /> <br />Number of Farms <br />Average farm size (acres) <br />Prime and important farmland (acres) <br /> <br />505 <br />120 <br />59,700 <br /> <br />Number of minority farmers <br />Number of limited resources farmers <br /> <br />50 <br />150 <br /> <br />~ <br />