Report of Field Examination Proposed Cherry Creek Watershed Project

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The detailed forestry needs, such as types and amounts of measures and practices as well as the general level of management needed, will have to be determined. Also, it will be necessary to determine the amount of time a farm forester would be needed to give technical assistance to accomplish the program. 7. _OrM AAc tiSM The party considers the application self-explanatory. S. F, dad A gas No exclusions exist. The entire area is in soil conservation districts as follows Cherry Creek SCD 340 sq. miles W. Plum Creek SCD 20 sq. miles W. Arapahoe SCD 25 sq. miles The sponsor and co- sponsor will have control of the entire area within the proposed boundaries. 9, 10. Interest of Low People Md. Local Partici ap tion The interest of local people is evidenced by the endorsements attached to the application and by a meeting with representative leaders on April 29, 1955 at Castle Rock. At this meeting those present voiced the opinion that up to $1.00 per acre cash contribution could be raised by local people or approximately $246,000 over a five year period, not including values of easements, water rights, ante. 11. Time to Complete Pro eat. We recommend that structural program be installed in about five years or at the same pace that land treatment measures are installed by farmers and ranchers. 12. Statement It is believed that the project is economically feasible by comparison with the Kiowa drainage but it is realized that this may not be true since land treatment measures cannot be included in benefit -cost ratios on the Cherry Creek area. It is doubtful whether even a fifty -fifty minimum sharing of costs can be attained by the sponsor even though a representative group state their opinion that about 4 , 246,000 can be raised by taxing processes. It is realized that this amount probably will not meet the contribution which would be expected of the sponsor but the party believes that the sponsor would go further than stated above through employment of taxing provisions under the Colorado state statute.