PROJ00435

• Contract/PO #: C153399
• Contractor Name: Sedgwick-Sand Draws Watershed Conservancy District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 64
• County: Sedgwick
• Bill Number: SB 81-439
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

ProJect Formulation

letters of Agreement were signed on August 6, 1971 and August 21, 1972,
by the Union Pacific Railroad Company to provide the street bridge for
the Ovid Floodway.

A Letter of Agreement between sponsors and the Colorado Division of
Wildlife for land rights, environmental wildlife aspects agreements for
Floodway 1 across Sedgwick Bar State Wildlife Area, are general recommen-
dations for wildlife habitat Improvement were incorporated in trip
report signed and dated November 8, 1971.

A letter of Agreement signed February 3, 1972 by four of the principal
sponsors for construction and maintenance of the structural works of
improvement; SedgwickSand Draws Watershed Conservancy District, Sedgwick
County Board of Commissioners, Julesburg Irrigation District and the
Town Council of Ovid, detailed responsibilities of each for land rights
and operation and maintenance obligations.

ObJectives

The objective of the land treatment measures applied and to be applied
on the land is to reduce floodwater and sediment damages about seven
percent. The state lands administered by the Colorado Board of land
Commissioners and the Nebraska Board of Educational lands and Funds"'have
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sponsors that' through their lessees they will continue to apply and
maintain land treatment measures agreed to in conservation plans deve-
loped with the assistance of District Boards in each state.

Another goal of the sponsors is to increase the level of application of
needed treatment measures on the watershed from about 45 to 77 percent
of the estimated needs of the watershed during the proJect installation
period. This is expected to achieve adequate treatment on an additional
20 percent of the cropland and about 25 percent on the rangeland during
the proJect period. '

Very few changes are to be expected in the farm and ranching enter-
prises. With better fire protection and management, an increase in
vegetative cover is expected to provide for better utilization of
resources and a better economy for the area.

land treatment measures alone were recognized as not providing damage
reduction obJectives. The sponsors requested that structural measures
also be provided to attain needed reduction of damages.

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