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<br />C'1533 <br /> <br />USDA United Stat", <br />~ Department of <br />_ A&riculture <br /> <br />Natural Resources <br />Conservation <br />S.ni<e (NRCS) <br /> <br />State Con~nationist <br />655 Parlel Stred <br />Room E200c <br />L.xewood, CO 80215-5517 <br /> <br />Phone (303) 236-2886 <br /> <br />http://www.co.nrcs.usd..~ov <br /> <br />Fu (303) 236-2896 <br /> <br />March 18, 1999 <br /> <br />Peter Evans, Director <br />Water Conservation Board <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman St. <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />'7 <br /> <br />/'7 4J G <br /> <br />Dear Peter: <br /> <br />Enclosed for your infonnation is a copy of the final Watershed Plan and Environmental <br />Assessment (PtanlEA) for Highline Breaks, Pueblo and Otero Counties, Colorado, <br />which was approved on March 3, 1999. This PlanlEA was prepared under authority of <br />the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention-Act (Public Law 83-566) and in <br />accordance with Section 102 (2) (c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 <br />(Public Law 91-190). <br /> <br />The Highline Breaks Watershed Project, sponsored by the East & West Otero Soil <br />Conservation Districts, and the Colorado State Soil Conservation Board, contains <br />89,650 acres. The purposes of the project are to improve water quality of surface and <br />groundwater and protect the resource base through management and enduring <br />conservation practices to reduce deep percolation; runoff, and irrigation induced <br />erosion. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />R€.C€.\\I€.O <br />l-\r>.\1. 13 \999 <br />walel <br />cc\0I3clO aoard <br />CO"'!oElfV3.lJOfI <br /> <br />l) <br />c" 7l-t/,-,,~ IL i yO.., )/;.i',i.l J <br />Stephen F. Black <br />State Conservationist <br /> <br />Enclosurelwith Attachment: <br /> <br />The Sawn! RCIIOUt'QCI. Ccr.ervabon S<<vioe woro Mnd-frHwxIII>'iIb <br />IMAmo:ricanf-IPlelO~natunlroouroesOllpriva1c1ands. <br /> <br />USDA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY <br />PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER <br />