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<br />project may, unless their land already is involved in an existing contractual progrart,l.;,lt ' <br />is the landowner's or operator's decision as to which treatment measures to implement <br />or if they want to participate. The estimated participation rate is 60 percent of the <br />irrigated cropland acreage. All practices to be installed are on-farm practices and are <br />shown in Table 1. <br /> <br />Technical assistance in a PL.566 project is distributed between planning, <br /> <br />education/training, implementation, and follow-up. Long-term contracts will be the <br /> <br />vehicle used to accomplish implementation. An estimated 7 staff years is necessary for <br /> <br />developing conservation plans. Implementation of contracts will require approximately <br /> <br />10 staff years. The follow-up and monitoring will create a need for an estimated 5 staff <br /> <br />years. The educational component will be developed by the sponsors, districts. and <br /> <br />field offices. It will be carried out through a cooperative effort between the Soil <br /> <br />Conservation District, NRCS, and Colorado Cooperative Extension Service. Technical <br /> <br />and financial assistance will be provided when it contributes to identified project <br /> <br />objectives and does not result in significant adverse impacts. <br /> <br />Financial assistance, as it relates to planned practice extents, can be derived from <br /> <br />I Table 1. Also a schedule of obligations for the project may.be found on table E. <br /> <br />The major land treatment practices are: <br /> <br />I Pest and nutrient management practices will ~insure that proper amounts or nutrients <br /> <br /> <br />and pesticides are applied to minimize negative environmental effects and achieve <br /> <br /> <br />I production goals. These are non cost-shared items. Improved nutrient control <br /> <br />~ <br />