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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COLORADO'S MULTI-YEAR PLAN

This multi-year plan is an important and necessary program document for
Soil Conservation Service operations in Colorado. It combines the informa-
tion on soil and water conservation problems and needs from many diverse
sources with local, state and national program objectives.

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The multi-year plan is the state input to the national budget planning
process; therefore, the various financial programs administered by the Soil
Conservation Service are the basic building blocks. Conservation objectives
and conservation outputs are not necessarily associated singularly with
individual programs, however. If, for example, an important objective is to
reduce the acres of cropland eroding in excess of 5 tons per acre per year,
the contributions that all programs can make to this effort must be
evaluated.

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Also, because all soil and water conservation opportunities and
objectives will not be addressed adequately over the short run, it will be
necessary to accurately assess the consequences of not meeting certain
objectives. This is important because there are supporters of objectives
not being met as well as supporters of the higher priority state or national
objectives which may be met to a greater extent. The public will demand to
know the full consequences of administrative decisions. In order to develop
a strategy for meeting these concerns we have described what might occur if
we are forced to delay implementing action items due to funding and
personnel limitations.

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This SCS multi-year plan has been fully coordinated with cooperating
state and local agencies and organizations. Soil Conservation Districts,
the Colorado State Soil Conservation Board, the Colorado Association of Soil
Conservation Districts and others have been consulted and, insofar as
possible, their concerns have been incorporated.

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The report developed by the State Soil Conservation Board entitled
"Conservation in Colorado - A Program for Present and Future Resource Needs"
has been included in the Appendix. This program has been coupled with data
obtained through the National Resource Inventory to be sure that state and
local objectives have been considered and that resource data are valid.

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This multi-year plan is based on realistic levels of funds and
manpower. It is flexible, allowing for shifts in available resources. For
example, we may desire to have more Conservation Operations funds to staff
field offices to better service districts, rather than watershed operations
funds to construct flood prevention measures. However, when funds are.
limited in one program, we must be prepared to utilize the funds Congress
appropriates in the most effective manner possible.

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To formulate this plan, we have described the resource problems of
concern in Colorado, then listed what can be done to address these problems
and finally, identified those things the Soil Conservation Service can do
about them.

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