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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />053D <br /> <br />Watershed Plan - Environmental Assessment <br />for <br />Limestone-Graveyard Creeks Watershed <br />Colorado <br />Summary of Watershed Plan <br /> <br />Project Name: Limestone-Graveyard Creeks <br />Watershed <br /> <br />County: Bent, Prowers <br /> <br />State: Colorado <br /> <br />Sponsors: Bent Soil Conservation District, Prowers Soil <br />Conservation District, Colorado State Soil <br />Conservation Board, Fort Lyon Canal Company <br /> <br />Description of Recommended Plan: <br /> <br />The recommended plan is composed of management and enduring <br />conservation practices. The management and enduring practices <br />are to reduce deep percolation, runoff and irrigation induced <br />erosion which will improve water quality of both surface and <br />groundwater, the Arkansas River, as well as protect the resource <br />base. <br /> <br />Resource Information: <br />Size of watershed (acres) <br />Land cover - Total cropland (acres) <br />Rangeland (acres) <br />Forest land (acres) <br />Miscellaneous (acres) <br /> <br />59,250 <br />44,500 <br />14,050 <br /> <br />700 <br /> <br />Land ownership-Private (%) <br />State-Local (%) <br /> <br />98 <br />2 <br /> <br />Number of Farms <br />Average farm size (acres) <br />Prime and important farmland (acres) <br /> <br />166 <br />360 <br />44,500 <br /> <br />Number of minority farmers 43 <br />Number of limited resources farmers 27 <br /> <br />1 <br />