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mailed a survey to landowners who replied in high numbers. The surveys gave us an <br />excellent overview of resource needs in the watershed (help with grasshopper and weed <br />control!) <br />We also established a citizen's water quality monitoring program on five stations along <br />the Mancos River. Partnering with Colorado RiverWatch has allowed us to monitor 5 <br />stations monthly for dissolved oxygen, heavy metals, allcalinity, hardness, pH, nutrients, <br />and salinity/conductivity. The baseline data this is producing will help us target trends <br />and cycles in the river throughout the year. <br />Most importantly, the RWA process was a vital first step in examining the watershed for <br />the purposes of ultimately creating a watershed plan. The process allowed us to form <br />partnerships previously unheralded in our watershed area. Since watershed planning <br />should happen at the local level with an array of stakeholders, this process has offered us <br />the opportunity to begin working together as stakeholders, build tn~st, and strive toward a <br />common goal PRIOR to sitting in the room together. It's given all of us a chance to get <br />to know one another in a less threatening way. This has been invaluable, and has actually <br />required the many months of time that we took to establish this fornudable document. <br />We are grateful to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for providing us with much <br />needed fiends to get this project off the ground. We couldn't have done it without you. <br />Thank You <br />