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<br />In a previous report "LITTLE THOMPSON BASIN - RURAL <br />CLEAN WATER PROGRAM APPLICATION - Ju I y 1979," Best <br />Management Practices were identified that would reduce salt <br />and sediment loading of the Little Thompson River. The <br />CSSCB wi I I be the administering agency, with a project <br />office located in the basin. The CSSCB wi I I be working <br />closely with the 7-man Local Rural Clean Water Coordinating <br />Committee, SCS, Larimer-Weld Regional Counci I of <br />Governments, Soil Conservation Districts and ASCS. Larimer <br />and Weld Counties have been designated 208 management <br />agenc i es and will play an i mpo rtant ro I e th roughout the <br />project period. <br /> <br />8. In the early 1960's an Agricultural <br />Conservation Program (ACP) was avai lable to provide <br />financial and technical assistance to landowners who appl ied <br />treatment to streambank erosion problems. This appnoach <br />might be possible again. It would encourage proper ~esigned <br />treatment measures as well as financial incentive. <br /> <br /> <br />Streambank erosion of the White River into pasture land <br />Photography by Jim Thornton, SCS, Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />12 <br />