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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />COLORADO VI/ITER CONSERVMION BOARD <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Dqxlrtmcnt o! NalurZlI Resources <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />72 \ Slale CCi"\I('nn~.1 8U,I'1'(l'j <br />1113 Sl'1errn;](\ SlrC('1 <br />Denver Colorado 80<'OJ <br />Ptlonc 1303) 8(j.{;-3441 <br />~AX (30J) 8{,6-4-l74 <br /> <br />tiay Rome. <br />Govemo( <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Dane,> C LrlC P [ <br />Dlredor cw:e <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />August 4, 1993 <br /> <br />CONTACT: W. KENT VERVERS <br />Asst. State Conservationist <br />USDA/Soil Conservation Service <br />(303) 236-2886 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Daries Lile, Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />(303) 866-3441 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO REQUESTS EMERGENCY FUNDS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Daries Lile, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board, today requested $693,000 <br />in Emergency Watershed Protection funds through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil <br />Conservation Service (SCS). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />If approved by the SCS, the funds will be used to apply streambank protection <br />measures to prevent further flood losses in eight identified watershed areas which were <br />damaged during the 1993 spring and summer snowmelt runoff. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />The stream banks and properties to be protected are on the: <br />Rio San Antonio in Conejos County; <br />North Fork of the Gunnison River in Delta County (4 sites); <br />Coal Creek at Crested Butte; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o Crystal River near Redstone; and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Colorado River in Mesa County. <br /> <br />- more- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />