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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Environmental Assessment for the Proposed <br />Lower Florida Farm Irrigation Measure <br /> <br />N <br />r--> <br />....... <br />0) <br /> <br />An environmental evaluation was conducted for the treatment area. <br />Explanation for the environmental evaluation: <br /> <br />The environmental evaluation was initiated 8/78, by an interdisciplin- <br />ary multi-agency team. Each member of the team did one or more of the <br />following: (1) Made independent visits to the treatment area and made <br />comments by an environmental assessment worksheet. (2) Reviewed measure <br />plan with SCS employee and made comments by an environmental assessment <br />worksheet. <br /> <br />Evaluation team members: <br /> <br />Agency and/or <br />Occupation <br /> <br />Name <br /> <br />Position <br /> <br />Wm. H. Long <br />R.N. McDonald <br />Hugh E. Chastain <br />Don Seale <br />Roy Saunders <br />Sam Gaston <br />Lyle Short <br />Loyd Hess <br />J.R. Kroeger <br />Zane Henderson <br />Ben Seale <br />Eldie Mustard <br />Alan Spencer <br /> <br />Manager <br />Manager <br />Manager <br />Builder-Farmer <br />Farmer <br />Farmer <br />Farmer <br />Farmer <br />Farmer <br />Farmer <br />Farmer <br />Biologist <br />Archeologis t <br /> <br />Mountain Bell <br />Div. of Wildlife <br />La Plata Electric Assn. <br />Florida Mesa <br />Florida Mesa <br />Florida Mesa <br />Florida Mesa <br />Florida Mesa <br />Florida Mesa <br />Florida Mesa <br />Florida Mesa <br />SCS/Denver <br />SCS/Salt Lake City <br /> <br />The evaluation period is considered 25 years. <br /> <br />Measure Area <br /> <br />The proposed measure is located approximately 8 miles south of Durango <br />on Florida Mesa. This section of the Florida Canal provides 25 cfs. of <br />water to 22 landowners irrigating 1950 Ac of cropland. The Florida Canal <br />system obtains water from Lemon Storage reservoir located approximately 18 <br />miles north of the measure area. Total measure area consists of 2400 acres. <br /> <br />Alfalfa, irrigated pasture, and small grain are the main crops. The <br />average growing season is 130 days and the average annual precipitation is <br />18 inches. Most moisture comes from late summer rain and snowmelt. Annual <br />mean temperature is 460F. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />c . <br /> <br />^ ;c.;.'"_.,,,,-,J- <br /> <br />.J.' k~'-<.i--~,.._.i~;: <br /> <br />_;~,:jL~i~ <br />