PUB00127

• Year: 1982
• Title: Colorado's Multi-Year Plan
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Author: Soil Conservation Service
• Description: Plan identifying goals and objectives of the Soil Conservation Service in Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

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CONTENTS

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I. Foreword
Colorado's Multi-Year Plan

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1-3

II. Short and Long Range Objectives

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III. Colorado's Resource Concerns

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1. Soil Erosion on Cropland
a. Conservation Tillage

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III-ll

2. Pasture and Hayland

III -15

3. Rangeland

III -21

4. Water Supply and Conservation
a. Colorado River Basin
b. San Luis Valley
c. Arkansas River Basin
d. South Platte and Republican River Basins
e. Ogallala Aquifer
f. Mountain Meadow Areas

III -29
III-31
III-35
III-39
III-43
III-47
III-53

5. Woodland on Private Lands
a. Forestry-Woodland in Urbanized Areas
b. Pinon-Juniper Areas
c. Windbreaks and Wind Barriers

III-57
III-59
III-63
III-65

6. Flooding

III-67

7. Land Reclamation Problems

III-69

8. Fish and Wildlife Land

III-73

9. Farmland Retention

II 1-77

10. Colorado River Salinity Control Program
a. Grand Valley Unit
b. Lower Gunnison Unit
c. McElmo Creek Unit
d. Mancos River Unit

1II-83
III-85
III-87
II 1-89
1II-91

11. Arkansas Valley Water Management Program

1II-93

12. Other Critical Resource Problem Areas

III -97

IV.. Soil Conservation Programs

IV-l

1. Conservation Operations (CO-Ol)

IV-5

2. Soil Survey (CO-02)
a. Important Farmlands
b. Soil Resource Information System

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IV-17
IV-21

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