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Dry Creek Basin Coordinated <br />Resource Management Plan <br />0 Montrose District <br />San Juan and Uncompahgre Basin Resource Areas <br />August, 1994 <br /> <br />Setting and scope The Dry Creek Basin Coordinated Resource Management Plan (CRMP) is a <br />cooperative effort to implement ecosystem management on approximately <br />112,000 acres in the San Juan (SJRA) and Uncompahgre Basin (LIBRA) Resource <br />Areas. The planning area boundary follows the Dry Creek watershed in <br />southwestern Colorado, which flows into the San Miguel River. This CRMP area <br />is adjacent to the Mesa Creek CRMP. <br />Issues/problems being This planning effort transcends land ownership/administration boundaries and <br />addressed involves wildlife/livestock resource conflicts, salinity, and approximately 2,000 <br />acres of deteriorated riparian and watershed conditions. A primary goal of the <br />CRMP is the maintenance of the rural character and life-style. <br />Participants BLM, CROW, Colorado State Board Of Land Commissioners, SCS, CSU <br />Extension, San Miguel Basin Soil Conservation District Board, landowners, <br />grazing permittees, and the public. <br />• Sources of technical input CSU Extension, SCS, CDOW and BLM. <br />Brief history and present The planning process began in 1991 as a grassroots concern for watershed <br />status conditions and resource conflict resolution by several landowners and agency <br />representatives. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the <br />participants. Numerous public meetings have been held with agencies, private <br />landowners, local governments, and other interested parties. A general goal <br />statement and objectives have been developed. Work is underway on <br />formulating specific management actions. During 1994, BLM will complete a <br />riparian inventory. Other work during 1994 will include development of a <br />written CRMP, and designing a monitoring program. <br />Funding sources This project has top priority for BLM's San Juan Resource Area in 1994 and <br />nearly every program has supported plan development with funding and <br />personnel. Implementation is scheduled for 1995. While the EPA Sec 319 <br />NonPoint Source Pollution Task Force (Colorado) remains very interested in <br />- funding watershed improvement in the Basin, it is waiting for the finished plan <br />before funding specific project requests. CDOW funding will occur during the <br />implementation phase. <br />Contact Clyde Johnson, Range Conservationist, BLM, San Juan Resource Area, Federal <br />0 Bldg., 701 Camino Del Rio, Durango, CO 81301. Phone 303-2474082 or <br />FTS 700-3294032.