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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 0578 RECOMMENDED PLAN Purpose and Swmnarv Management plus enduring irrigation systems improvements (Alternative Number 3) was selected as the recommended plan. The purposes of this plan are Agricultural Water Management and Watershed Protection. The practices will improve water quality and conserve water. Practices will also be installed to protect the resource base by reducing irrigation induced erosion and sediment. The measures needed are shown in Table 1. The measures effects coincide with the sponsors goals. Measures to be Installed Land Treatment Practices The current programs available to address conservation concerns within the watershed will remain functional. This project's actions will supplement and accelerate, not replace, on-going activities. All landowners and operators wishing to participate in this project may, unless their land already is involved in an existing contractual program. It is the landowner's or operator's decision as to which treatment measures to implement or if they want to participate. The estimated participation rate is 60% of the irrigated cropland acreage. Technical assistance in a PL566 project is distributed between planning, education/training, implementation, and follow-up. Long-term contracts with individual participants will be the vehicle used to accomplish :mplementation. An estimated 5 staff years is necessary for developing Jnservation plans. Implementation of contracts will require ap~~oximately 9 staff years. The follow-up will create a need for an estimated 5 staff years. The educational component will be developed by the sponsors, districts and field offices. It will include technology transfers through workshops, onsite demonstrations, and one on one contacts. It will be carried out through a cooperative effort between the Soil Conservation District, NRCS, and Colorado Cooperative Extension Service. Financial assistance, as it relates to planned practice extents, can be derived from Table 1. Also a schedule of obligations for the project maybe found on table E. The major land treatment practices, and estimated construction costs are: Pest and nutrient management practices will insure that proper amounts of nutrients and pesticides are applied to minimize negative environmental effects and achieve production goals. Mechanical furrow modification will be used to attain application goals. This is a non-cost shared item. Furrow modification through the use of polyacrylamides will be cost shared. Conservation tillage and or crop residue use will increase residue to reduce irrigation induced erosion on the upper 300 feet of the 40