C150037 Contract

• Contract/PO #: C150037
• Contractor Name: Alamosa River Watershed Restoration Foundation, Inc.
• Contract Type: Grant
• Water District: 35
• County: Alamosa
• Bill Number: HB00-1419
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

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In-kind (web server disc space, web site maintenance)

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Technical assistance (grazing management recommendations, vegetative survey)
In-kind (office space and supplies, phone and fax use)
Wildland Hydrology, Black Creek Hydrology, and Elk River Construction
Technical assistance (Stream Restoration Design)

Agreements between cooperating agencies will be through informal agreements. Signed
letters will be submitted whenever a cash match will be committed.

LOCAL SUPPORT.

Local support includes the Conejos County Soil Conservation District, Conejos County Board of
County Commissioners, San Luis Valley Trout Unlimited, Rio Grande Water Conservation District,
Gabino-GaIlegos Ditch Company, Summitville TAG, the Alamosa RiverkeeperR and the Colorado
State University Cooperative Service.

Restoration of the Alamosa River has received enthusiastic support from landowners, water users,
farmers, ranchers, government officials, and conservationists at public meetings. Local NRCS
personnel receive frequent inquiries from landowners about installing erosion-control device similar
to those at project demonstration sites.

On March 2, 1995, a public meeting was held in La Jara Colorado, to identify issues of public
concern and to have citizens pick a volunteer watershed steering committee. River
stabilization/erosion control was one of the key concerns. This was the beginning of the Alamosa
River Watershed Project. Since then, the project has taken action that lays the groundwork for
restoring the river. These actions include:

1) Raised funds from local governments, irrigation companies, and private sources to install
two erosion-control demonstration projects utilizing state-of-the-art methods (built in
November 1996);

2) Worked in cooperation with landowners to demonstrate grazing management techniques
that encourage the recovery of vegetation in riparian areas;

3) Obtained a regional permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to do restoration work
in the channel throughout the project area;

4) Planted willows along streambanks to enhance natural recovery;

5) Completed low-level aerial photography necessary for restoration design work;
6) Monitored the erosion-control demonstration projects and vegetation recovery work
through surveying and compilation of photographic records;

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