Laserfiche WebLink
<br />PREFACE <br /> <br /> <br />I':", " I. C,J <br />lJ J .'_ ."" ... J <br /> <br />The State of Colorado, through the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), <br />requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to participate in a <br />cooperative river basin study of the Missouri River Tributary, River Basin in <br />Colorado by letter on October 17, 19BO. The objectives of this study are to <br />identify resources, determine needs, and present alternative solutions to assist <br />decisionmakers in the orderiy development of water and related land resources of <br />the area. <br /> <br />USDA participation in the cooperative river basin study is authorized under <br />Section 6, Public Law 83-566, as amended. Authorization for the study as <br />described in the study plan was given on June 1, 1981. The principal USDA <br />participants are the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Economic Research Service <br />(ERS). and the Forest Service (FS). The Colorado Water Conservation Board also <br />participated in the study. <br /> <br />The Colorado Field Advisory Committee (FAC) composed of representatives from <br />the SCS, ERS, FS and CWCD provided the direction and overall management for the <br />study. Study activities were carried out by personnel assigned from the various <br />agencies as outlined in the Study Plan. Liaison with other state agencies was <br />provided by the CWCB staff. <br /> <br />Additional information about the Missouri River Tributary, Colorado River <br />Basin Study should be requested from: <br />State Conservationist <br />Soil Conservation Service <br />Diamond Hill, Bldg A, 3rd Floor <br />2490 West 26th Avenue <br />Denver, Colorado 80211 (303) 964-0295 <br />