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J <br />WATERSHED PLAN - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT <br />FOR HOLBROOK LAKE DITCH WATERSHED, COLORADO <br />SUMMARY OF WATERSHED PLAN <br />Project Name: Holbrook Lake Ditch Watershed <br />County: Otero <br />State: Colorado <br />Sponsors: East Otero Soil Conservation District, Holbrook Mutual Irrigation <br />Company, Colorado State Soil Conservation Board <br />Description of Recommended Plan: <br />The recommended plan is composed of management and enduring conservation <br />practices. The management and enduring practices are to reduce; irrigation runoff, <br />seepage, and irrigation induced erosion, which will improve water application <br />effectiveness, and improve water quality of both surface and groundwater. Cheraw <br />Lake, Horse Creek, and the Arkansas River will be benefited. The soil resource will <br />also be protected. <br />Resource Information: <br />Size of watershed (acres) 28,000 <br />Land cover - Total cropland (acres) 16,000 <br />Rangeland (acres) 10,000 <br />Forest land (acres) 0 <br />Miscellaneous (acres) 2,000 <br />Land ownership- Private (percent) 98 <br />State -Local (percent) 2 <br />Number of Farms 150 <br />Average farm size (acres) 120 <br />Prime and important farmland (acres) 16,000 <br />13 <br />