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PROJECT FACT SHEET
<br />for the
<br />ALAMOSA RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECT
<br />Conducted by: The Alamosa - La Jara Water Conservancy District and the Alamosa
<br />River Watershed Restoration Foundation .
<br />Contact: Ben Rizzi
<br />Project Partners: The Colorado Dept. Public Health and Environment,319 NPS
<br />Pollution Control Program, The Colorado Water Conservation Board. Colorado Forest
<br />Service, Dept of Water Resources, (District 21, Division 3), Ducks Unlimited and North
<br />American Wetland Conservation Act. Natural Resource Conservation Service, Dept of
<br />Wildlife and Friends of Wildlife, Conejos County Board of Commissioners, Conejos
<br />County Soil Conservation District, Nature Conservancy, Alamosa RiverKeeper, Agro
<br />Engineering, Inc, Rio Grande National Forest, Alamosa Open High School, Montgomery
<br />Watson, Harza, Dept of Minerals and Geology, Wildland Hydrology, Black Creek
<br />Hydrology, Owens and Associates, Riverbend Engineering, Whinnery Construction, SLV
<br />Earthmovers, Gabino Gallegos Ditch Company, the Madrid Ditch Co. Benny Martinez,
<br />Joe Gallegos, Norland Ditch Company, Gayle Aldridge, Sammy and Armando Marquez,
<br />Miller Ditch Company, Valdez Ditch Company, Eddy Quintana, Anthony Quintana,
<br />Rivera Ditch Company, San Jose #1 and San Jose # 2 Ditch Companies, Lawrence
<br />Maze, Jim Braiden, and the Ramaldo Valdez Ditch Company.
<br />Contract Period: August, 2001 to May, 2006
<br />NPS Funding: $233,568.00
<br />Matching Funds:
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board: $450,000.00,
<br />North American Wetland Conservation Act and Ducks Unlimited: $50,000.00
<br />Alamosa- La Jara Water Conservancy Board: $37,500.00
<br />Federal (non cash) NRCS: $66,650.00
<br />Landowner in kind , (Non Cash): $288,552.00
<br />TOTAL MATCHING CASH FUNDS: $537,500.00
<br />TOTAL MATCHING NON CASH FUNDS: $355,202.00
<br />This 319 project has focused on riverbank stabilization and riparian habitat improvements
<br />along a 2.5 mile reach of the Alamosa River in Conejos County, Colorado.
<br />The Alamosa River Watershed is located in Conejos County, in south-central Colorado,
<br />and encompasses 127,000 acres. The Alamosa River is approximately 72 miles long,
<br />beginning at the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains and ending in wetlands
<br />adjoining the Rio Grande. Approximately 50,000 acres of the San Luis Valley are
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