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<br />. . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Sharing Results with community <br /> <br />county Staff would advertise the project and share project <br />results through the local media. Educational material would be <br />distributed to local groups, and groups and individuals would be <br />encouraged to observe the Lawson Hill projects. Species would be <br />identified at the bus turn-around site. <br /> <br />Benefits to community, San Miguel county and others <br /> <br />The project will benefit the community by providing xeriscaping <br />information specific to and appropriate for the Telluride Region. <br />The proposed projects are designed to be realistic for a <br />residential setting and will be designed with an emphasis on low <br />cost and low maintenance, as well as low water use. The <br />educational materials will provide estimated expenses and <br />locations where specific plants can be purchased. The results of <br />this project can be used by other high-elevation communities and <br />by government entities and Housing Authorities interested in <br />using xeriscape for their own buildings and housing units. <br /> <br />If this project demonstrates that high-elevation xeriscaping is a <br />viable water-conservation alternative to conventional landscaping <br />practices in the Telluride Region, the County will encourage <br />developers of new sUbdivisions to require in their subdivision <br />covenants xeriscaping with native vegetation. PUblic support for <br />xeriscaping could be the impetus for instituting county-wide <br />regulations requiring environmentally appropriate landscaping. <br /> <br />participants <br /> <br />San Miguel County Board of Commissioners, San Miguel County <br />Housing Authority, San Miguel County Planning Department, San <br />Miguel county Building and Environmental Health Departments, San <br />Miguel County Road and Bridge Department, Upper Colorado <br />Environmental Plant Center (Meeker, CO), local landscape designer <br />Elizabeth Gick, Lawson Hill Developer Telecam Inc., Telluride <br />Institute Program Director Linda Luther, USDA Soil Conservation <br />Service Resource Specialist Dean Stindt and local volunteers. <br /> <br />Completion Dates <br /> <br />Xeriscaping will begin Spring 1993 and be completed by Summer <br />1993. Educational material will be produced by Autumn 1993. <br />Monitoring will continue for at least three years <br /> <br />3 <br />