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<br />Summary <br /> <br />Other agencies and organizations who assisted in preparation of the work <br />plan or provided technical data for the work plan are: <br /> <br />"Local <br /> <br />Highline Rural Electric Association <br />Union Pacific Railroad Company <br />Curator, Univers"ity of Colorado Museum <br /> <br />Sta te <br /> <br />Colorado Board of Land Commissioners <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources <br />Colorado Division of Highways <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Colorado State ~istorical Society <br />Nebraska Board of Educational Lands and Funds <br />Nebraska "State Historical Society <br />Federa 1 <br /> <br />Agricultural Research Service <br />Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service <br />U.S. Fish and Wildl ife "Service <br />U.S. Geological Survey <br />--Nat-iol,al 'Weather- Service------------------- -----" <br />National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br /> <br />,Watershed Problems <br /> <br />The major watershed problem is frequent floodwater, sediment and <br />erosion damage that results from runoff produced by high intensity <br />summer thunderstorms. <br /> <br />Damage occurs throughout the flood plain to agriculturai land, crops, <br />irrigation facilities, the railroad, roads and bridges, parts of the <br />residential section of the town of Ovid, Colorado and other improvements <br />in the flood plain. <br /> <br />Project Objectives <br /> <br />The project objective is to reduce damages from floodwater, erosion and <br />sediment to agricultural land, crops, irrigation systems, wildl ife <br /> <br />2 <br />