The Watershed Program in Colorado (Pilot and Public Law 566)

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-2- Type IV surveys are being made in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and have been completed on the Gunnison, Colorado River in Colorado, and White River basins and are currently underway on the Yampa, Dolores, and San Juan River basins. WATERSHED PROJECTS IN COLORADO WITH CONSTRUCTION CONIPLEFE (Pilot & P.Ls - S66) 1. Kiowa Creek Pilot Watershed Project - Elbert and El Paso Counties - - acres aiT 62 floodwater -retarding dams. It was completed June 30, 1961 at a total cost of $1,274,675 of which $284,953 was local contribution. A comprehensive project evaluation program contiiiued through fiscal year 1966. 2 Wray Watershed Project (P.L. S66) - Yuma County - This project contains 2,39TaET was sponsored by - 0 - 1711ale Soil Conservation District and. the City of Wray. The purpose of the project which was completed in the spring of 1963 with the seeding of six retarding structures was to protect the agricultural floodplains and the City of Wray from flood damage, The final project cost was $262,076 ($22,182 local). 3. West Cherry Creek Pro (P.L. 566) - Douglas and El Paso Counties - ----- – The project area is 31,360 acres anj w sponsored by the Douglas County Soil Conservation District and the Colorado State Soil Conservation Board. It was completed in 1962 at a cost of $436,614 including local costs of $72,458, Approximately 7S percent of needed land treatment measures have been applied an the 40 ranches in the watershed. Structural measures included 10 flood prevention dams to protect highly productive valley bottom lands used for crops and hay. 4. Coalbank Creek Watershed (P.L. 566) - Weld County - The project contains 24 acres an was sponsore y t.ie est Greeley Soil Conse ry t District, Weld County and the Colorado State Soil Conservation Board. It was completed in the spring of 1963 at a cost of $419,914 ($252,867 P.L� 566, $167,047 other funds). Approximately 70 percent of needed land treatment measures have been installed by the 109 farmers in the watershed. One flood prevention dam and two grade stabilization structures were built to protect highly productive irrigated farmland, roads, and associated property from flood damage. gdWa�tershedProject (PoLo 566) - Elbert and El Paso Counties, The project area is acres. iss I Tt sponsored by she Big Sandy Soil Conservation District with the Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department and the Colorado State Soil Conservation Board as a cooperating agency. Construction is complete at an estimated cost of $1,661,026 ($1,127,401 P.L. S66, $503,625 other funds). Progress in applying needed land treatment measures on the 156 farms and ranches I IAT�+ ql,nA ;q well advanced and dollar evaluation shows 162 percent of the I L L 14,_ eJ. planned practices applied. Structural works include 14 flood prevention dams, one of which (Ramah) is a multi-purpose structure which has 500 acre-feet of storage for fish and wildlife-recreation purposes.