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<br />Description
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<br />Distribution of l.and by o..m.ership
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<br />145,082
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<br />l'IyominR
<br />13,838
<br />1,680
<br />40
<br />15,558
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<br />Total
<br />147,900
<br />12,700
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<br />160,640
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<br />Land Treatment and Management
<br />The watershed vegetative cover was damaged by early day uncontrolled
<br />overgrazing, dry farm cultivation and drooths of the thirties and
<br />fi~ties. With the advent of the SoU Conservation District Progrlll1\ for
<br />sOlI and water resource conservation and additional guidance from re-
<br />search data developed by University and State and Federal agencies,
<br />many owners and operators have made improvements in their land use and
<br />management, resulting in a decided improvement in watershed condition
<br />and productivity.
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<br />(),.mership
<br />Private
<br />State
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<br />Colora<lo
<br />134,062
<br />11,020
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<br />Transportation
<br />Interstate Ilighway 25, Federal Highway 87, State Highways Nos. 1 and 14,
<br />and numerous county road.~ and the Colorado and Southern Railroad trav-
<br />erse the watershed. The facilities of the Fort Collins-Loveland Air-
<br />pGrt, and motor freight lines provide excellent access to and iran the
<br />watershed locally, state-wide and nationally.
<br />Population
<br />Population within the watershed is presently estimated at 1,000 using
<br />the 1960 census, Within the watershed is Wellington (population 552) ,
<br />and the communities of Buckeye and Waverly in Colorado. Adjacent cities
<br />are Fort Colllns, Colorado (population 25,027) to the west; Cheyenr~,
<br />Wyaning (population 50,000) to the north; Greeley, COlorado (popula~
<br />tion 26,314) to the east; and Loveland, Colorado (population 9,734) to
<br />the south.
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<br />The project area is served by Soil Conservation Service Work Units lo-
<br />cated at Fort Collins, and Greeley, Colorado providing tedUlic:al assist-
<br />ance to the Fort Collins Soil Conservation District and West Greeley
<br />Soil Conservation District, respectively, and at Olcyenne and Laramie
<br />Wyoming, providing technical assistance to the Frontier Soil and Wate;
<br />Conservation District and Laramie Rivers Soil and Water Conservation
<br />District, respectively. The work units have assisted 345 land owners
<br />and operators in preparing 107 conservation and nine Great Plains con-
<br />servation program plans on 87,000 acres or about 60 percent of the
<br />watershed. Asshtance has been provided to 238 operating units in
<br />planning and installing land treatment measures on privately ~ ami.
<br />leased State land. The follwing tables show" distribution of the above
<br />items by States and Counties.
<br />Distribution of Land Owners and Operating Units
<br />States
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<br />Employment
<br />A large force of full time and part time employees are supported by the
<br />economy of the area.
<br />The watershed and the adjacent agrio.lltural area support a beet sugar
<br />processing plant, several grain elevators, a canning factory and IlUIIIetollS
<br />feed, fertilizer and equipment dealers. A small oil and gas field h
<br />located across the flood plain northwest of Wellington. A c:ement plant
<br />and quarries are located west of the watershed. Gypsum, ornamental stone
<br />and gravel are quarried in the northwestern part of the watershed. The
<br />COlorado State University, the annual Famers~Merchants party and the
<br />Larilller County Fair and Rodeo, together with the recreation facilities
<br />available alofll.: the foothills. in the mountains and Cache 1'1 Poudre
<br />Canyon, bring many people into the area and make tourism a year around
<br />factor in the areaec:onany,
<br />Although there are a few small manufacturing and motel operations in the
<br />watershed the econany of the watershed is primarily agricultural. )o1ost
<br />of the farm and ranch units are family owned wi th qui te a fCfW family
<br />members having off.fann employment. ~st of the operators utilite more
<br />than two man-years of labor in addition to the family,
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<br />Colorado
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<br />Ll!lIdowners
<br />Operating Units
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<br />3~S
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<br />Wyaning
<br />10
<br />10
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<br />Total
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<br />345
<br />138
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<br />Distribution of Soil
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<br />Conservation District Cooperators
<br />States and Counties
<br />COlorado Wyooting
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<br />Cooperators
<br />Conservation Plans
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<br />174
<br />103
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<br />Weld
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<br />Total
<br />180
<br />107
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<br />There are four F.Il.A. financed gradng associations controlling 39,420
<br />acres of range. The associations have Great Plains Conservation Program
<br />contractsandSoilConservationDistrictConservationplans,andaredis_
<br />tributed as follows within the watershed:
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