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PROJEC, FORMULATION The Sedgwick-Sand Draws Watershed Work Plan has been formulated to meet' the obJectives desired by the local sponsors which can be developed within the provisions of the P.l. 566 program. The land treatment and structural measures selected for inclusion in the proJect are those that provide most of the project objectives at the lowest annual cost. The final determination of the combination of measures to be included in the plan was' made by the Sponsors and the Service. Discussions with Irrigation District personnel, farmers and proJect sponsors indicated that their primary obJective is to reduce the fre- quency and magnitude of flooding damage to the Highline Canal, Settlers and Petersen Ditches, and the lands below. Reducing flooding will lower: (1) frequency of cahal service interruption by overtopping and breakage of canal banks, (2) erosion, debris and sediment damages to crops, land, irrigation systems, wildlife habitat, roads, bridges, railroad, farmsteads, and to residences and businesses of Ovid, Colorado; and (3) potential for loss of life. This would provide an opportunity for more intensive land use, reduce operation and maintenance costs and assist in development and stabilization of the economy of the area. A reconnaissance of the recreational and wildlife conditions and poten- tials of the watershed was made by the U.S. Fish and Wildl ife Service in cooperation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Soil Conserva- tion Service. State Foresters from Colorado and Nebraska examined the -.wa-te-F-s-hed .:Ire;] t..o-dctcrmine-i-t---s-----eend-itioh and till:: 1I~t:d rur dt,;ct:lt:1 dled treatment during the installation period. Consideration was given to other water resource plans for this watershed and the adJacent area to assure that the elements of the plan will be compatible with, full development of the region as anticipated by river basin studies. This watershed was not specifically delineated in the Missouri River Basin Comprehensive Framework Study. Work 'Plan data will be used in the Western U:S. Water Plan Study and the Colorado State Water Plan. " As a result of a meeting to review the Preliminary Investigation Report held April 8, 1968 and ensuing activities by proJect sponsors, the Sedgwick-Sand Draws Watershed Conservancy District was decreed June 24,- 1969. A request for p I ann i n9 approval fo 116wEid September 12,1969 and authorization for planning December 9, 1969. A pub I i c meet i ng was he 1 d wi th sponso'rsand I oca I peop I e December 2, 1970 to review draft work 'plan proposals. This resulted in meetings with various sponsoring orgahizations on December l6; 1970 and August 26, 1971, to arrive at solutions to floodway design problems. 28