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- 12 - , Pasture plantings will function primarily to increase infiltration and control erosion, and proper use will assure improvement, protection, and maintenance of grass stands, The construction of farm ponds will assure more uniform grazing by reducing livestock concentrations that destroy plant cover, Wildlife plantings, in addition to benefiting wildlife, will accumulate snow in drifts and delay thawing, thus permitting more water to percolate into the soil, In most caSes the wildlife plantings will be made along stream channels and will have beneficial channel stabilizing effects, I, f . ~ Q ~ ~ i I Iii . Land leveling, improved water application, and proper irrigation water use are essential to the realization of maximum production on the protected irrigated areas, Woodland management measures on private forest and brush land includes plantings, disease and insect control, selective cutting for stand improvement, and proper woodland grazing, The quantities of measures to be installed and the estimated costs are shown in Table 1, Land Treatment Measures for Flood Prevention i; , " Fire protection measures are important elements of this proposed project for watershed protection and flood prevention. The measures most needed to control the spread, of fires are the provision and proper distribution of equipment and facilities suitable and adequate for the job, A system of surveillance for reporting fires has been established by the State Forest Service in cooperation with law enforcement agencies in local communities. Local volunteer fire fighting units have also been organized in same areas, ( i ~ The land treatment measures for fire protection proposed in this plan provide for the purchase of additional equipment and storage facilities to permit more uniform distribution and better fire protection for the entire area (Table 1), Fire control equipment and facilities to be acquired include one pumper truck, four pump units for installation on available trucks, four back-pack pumps, and the completion of a cinder block fire house at Parker, The equipment will be stationed at Franktown, Larkspur, Parker, and Castle Rock, Colorado, and will be operated by the organized ccrnmunity fire departments at these locations, I t Structural Measures for Flood Prevention The plan proposes the installation of a system of 16 floodwater- retarding structures, 8 combination floodwater-retarding and grade stabilization structures, and one floodwater diversion structure (Table 1), This system of structures is needed to provide an acceptable degree of protection from floodwater, sediment, and erosion dmnages throughout the watershed,