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,;' The final contract will state specifically what contributions (in-kind or monetary) the landowner is willing to contribute. In the case of a landowner denying permission, or unwillingness to sign a contract, the site will be deleted from the reconstruction list. If only a few landowners abstain, the rest of the project will not be adversely affected, Next, a survey needs be done on these areas. For the demonstration projects and the Winter 99- 2000 project, the NRCS has provided in-kind contributions of personnel and equipment. However, it may be necessary to enlist an independent survey firm since NRCS has advised us to seek independent contractor bids due to the possible over-extension of personnel this Spring. Survey costs were included as in-kind donations by the NRCS on our application to the EPA for 319 funds this Fall. The cost estimates range to $5,000 per mile, or $37,500 for the priority areas. Once the survey is done, a reconstruction design needs to be generated. In order to reduce design costs, Dave Rosgen suggested we train one of our committee members by sending that individual to his river morphology courses. Once the trainee completes the preliminary design, it will be sent to Rosgen for final approval. We have applied for 319 funds for both of these portions of the project; $6,400 for training and $6,000 for final design approval. The design then needs to be submitted to the Army Corps on Engineers for approval. (We have already obtained the ACE Section 206 Water Resources Development permit.) Other steps in the project include securing a rock source and hauling the rock material to the site. The State Land Board has allowed the A WRP to surface excavate a rock source near La Jara Reservoir for our Winter 99-2000 project. It may be possible to resubmit a request to supply the priority areas as well. The only cost is to pay a contractor to haul the rock material to the site. If our request is denied, two other rock sources are available locally. Both these contractors charge in the vicinity of $30 for a 3-4 foot diameter rock and an additional $2.50 per mile for hauling. The total costs are estimated to be $37,000 for hauling and material. This expense was included in the application to the EP A as in-kind support from the State Land Board. Once the rock material is on site, construction begins. Two equipment operators have indicated they will be available for the Alamosa River Project. Dave Rosgen has suggested we encourage local operators to enroll in his river morphology courses to become proficient in river reconstruction techniques. (This will be at the individual operator's expense.) To assist our local operators in becoming familiar with the techniques, the A WRP plans on videotaping the Winter 99-2000 reconstruction project. We have also invited operators to be on site when reconstruction begins. The committee feels this is an important component in the plan so that we cm provide local economic benefits. We applied for $149,000 to the EPA for part of the earthmoving expenditure. The final and most important step in the reconstruction process is monitoring. Selection of monitoring sites and equipment will be done with the assistance of the NRCS, the Soil Conservation Service, and Rosgen. Since the return of the water table to its original level is a major objective, a number of monitoring wells and peizometers (instruments that measures the hydrostatic pressure in the soil) will be installed at each site. In addition, river velocity and bedload will be monitored at each site. To date, none of these monitoring techniques have been installed on site to evaluate these hydrological criteria on the Alamosa. These parameters will become crucial when major reconstruction begins. Baseline data and long-term data will be used to evaluate reconstruction techniques. Vegetation surveys will be conducted with technical assistance from the NRCS and in 5