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<br />"" "", < <br />,....;:;:'; \.1 <br /> <br />DEMONSTRATION OF IMPROVED IRRIGATION PRACTICES TO PROMOTE <br />WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION-PURGATOIRE RIVER <br />HYDROLOGIC UNIT <br /> <br />Grant A wards Program <br />Cooperative Agreement NO. 6-FC-60-08180 <br />Bureau of Reclamation, Pueblo/Loveland, Colorado <br />Spanish Peaks/Purgatoire River Soil Conservation District <br /> <br />CUMULATIVE PROGRESS REPORT: <br />FY1996(Aug 24, 1996-Sep 30, 1996) <br />FY1997(Oct 01, 1996-Sep 30, 1997) <br /> <br />Following the approval of the proposed project by the Bureau of Reclamation in August of <br />1996, the Spanish Peaks/Purgatoire River Soil Conservation District (SCD) set specific <br />goals to initiate the project. The three goals were to I) implement a process to select <br />participants for the project, 2) select the initial project participants, and 3) initiate the <br />conservation planning process for the selected participants. <br /> <br />The solicitation of interested producers was based on the results of the scoping process that <br />was conducted prior to the development of the proposal. As a review, the scoping process <br />results identified the following as the top two(2) technical barriers/problems, and <br />opportunities related to the irrigated agricultural enterprises within the hydrologic unit: <br /> <br />1. Conveyance losses <br />2. Dealing with trash/debris in the irrigation water supply <br />3. Demonstration and education were identified as opportunities <br /> <br />Secondly, the scoping process participants identified what they thought to be the most <br />beneficial Best Management Practices (BMP's) to address the barriers and problems. <br />These were identified as follows: <br /> <br />1. Underground pipeline <br />2. Land leveling <br />3. Gated pipe <br />4. Design and construction of effective, inexpensive trash screens <br />5. Tailwater pits <br />6. Subsurface drainage <br />7. Irrigation Water Management <br /> <br />CUMULATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS (August, 24, 1996-September 30, 1997) <br /> <br />Accomolishment #1. The Spanish Peaks/Purgatoire River SCD selected three(3) producers <br />[Charles Gyurman, Roy Morris, Tom Miller] under the South Side irrigation canal as the <br />initial project cooperators. The selections were based on inventory of conservation <br />treatment needs, interest by the producers, and objectives of the project. <br /> <br />Accomolishment #2. The Natural Resources Conservation Service field office staff <br />completed the inventory of the site specific resource concerns for each of the three <br />producers and developed conservation treatment alternatives. <br />