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Watershed Plan - Environmental Assessment <br />053 0 for <br />Limestone- Graveyard Creeks Watershed <br />Colorado <br />Summary of Watershed Plan <br />LI <br />1 <br />I <br />�I <br />I <br />I, <br />LI <br />n <br />Project Name: Limestone - Graveyard Creeks <br />Watershed <br />County: Bent, Prowers <br />State: Colorado <br />Sponsors: Bent Soil Conservation District, Prowers Soil <br />Conservation District, Colorado State Soil <br />Conservation Board, Fort Lyon Canal Company <br />Description of Recommended Plan: <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 />Resource Information: <br />Size of watershed (acres) 59,250 <br />Land cover - Total cropland (acres) 44,500 <br />Rangeland (acres) 14,050 <br />Forest land (acres) <br />Miscellaneous (acres) 700 <br />Land ownership - Private M) 98 <br />State -Local ( %) 2 <br />Number of Farms 166 <br />Average farm size (acres) 360 <br />Prime and important farmland (acres) 44,500 <br />Number of minority farmers 43 <br />Number of limited resources farmers 27 <br />1 <br />