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<br />Arizona Water Protection Fund Neatter <br /> <br />HRM (From Page 5) <br /> <br />Holistic management <br />teaches people to set a goal <br />that embodies their values <br />in a vision of the future. <br />This goal becomes the <br />beacon against which all <br />strategies are considered <br />and monitored. Replanning <br />takes place as soon as there <br />is any indication that the <br />strategy is moving the <br />individual or community <br />away from the goal. .. <br /> <br />Source: Center for Holistic <br />Resource Management <br /> <br /> <br />ZOOM OR PH <br /> <br />Newsletter graphics were <br />taken from Rock Art <br />Svmbols of the Southwest <br />by Alex Patterson, 1992. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Eagle Creek Watershed <br /> <br />From Page 5 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Spring 1999 <br /> <br />an existing deep well and adding a ram <br />pump to lift the water to a higher <br />elevation. The HMT states the following <br />benefits from each of the project <br />objectives: <br /> <br />Obiective: Improve current water <br />distribution. Benefits: Rest for upland, riparian <br />zones and ephemeral canyons; expansion of <br />usable range for wildlife and livestock; <br />planned rest will increase plant frequency, <br />thus slowing runoff and reducing erosion; <br />management has a wider variety of options <br />for restoration strategies. All contributes to <br />an improved Eagle Creek watershed. <br /> <br />Obiective: Expand high intensity, low <br />duration grazing program into unused <br />portions of the allotment. Benefits: <br />fo.A,anagement can plan for whole land base; <br />opportunities for extended rest for overused <br />areas; succession toward landscape goals. <br /> <br />Obiective: Repiace diesel system with solar <br />voltaic. Benefits: Cost effectiveness of solar <br />pays off in 6.5 years; reduced dependence on <br />non-renewable resource; risk of diesel spill <br />eliminated; use of deep well water will not <br />impact local water table. <br /> <br />Obiective: Perform non-biased monitoring of <br />project results for re-planning and <br />compliance. Benefits: Assurance that project <br />is proceeding in desired direction and within <br />projeeled time frame; capital is used in <br />accordance with plan; knowledge is gathered <br />and shared amongst those who realize the <br />importance of the resource to their water <br />supply, food source and recreation. <br /> <br />Obieelive: Include objective and monitoring <br />in annual comprehensive planning process <br />Benefits: Wise use of all resources and <br />direction toward team's long-term goals & <br />objectives. Benefits: direct enhancement of <br />soil, plant, insect, animal, and human <br />communities in the project area; indirect <br />improvement of downstream ecosystem. <br /> <br />The HMT was awarded $80,000 in 1996 <br />to restore the Eagle Creek Watershed. <br />Additional support for the project was <br />contributed by the Arizona Game and <br />Fish Department, the U. S. Forest Service <br />and the Rocky Mountain Elk <br />Foundation. . <br /> <br />Completion Phase: <br />Hi-Point Well Project <br />NAVNO COUNTY NRCD & PARTNERS <br /> <br />The Hi-Point Well Project was created by <br />the need for reliable water in a 90 square <br />miles area of deeded, State Trust and <br />Forest Service land in Coconino and <br />Navajo Counties. Limited dependable <br />water had resulted in extremely heavy <br />use by wildlife and livestock in areas near <br />existing water tanks. Vegetative cover <br />was reduced and, in some areas, <br />denuded. Range grasses and browse <br />struggled to reestablish -- often <br />unsuccessfully. Accelerated soil erosion in <br />Chevelon Creek and Clear Creek water- <br />sheds, perennial tributaries to the Little <br />Colorado River, contributed to 'wvater <br /> <br />quality problems (turbidity) downstream. <br /> <br />In a cooperative effort, the Arizona Game <br />and Fish Department (AGFD), the State <br />Land Department, the Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service, the U.S. Forest <br />Service (USFS) Chevelon Ranger District <br />and the Chevelon Butte Cattle Company <br />designed and engineered an upland <br />water development. The Winslow Habitat <br />Partnership was instrumental with the <br />development of the project. A detailed <br />Cooperative Agreementdescribes how <br />each of the participating parties contri- <br />butes to the project with respect to <br />resources, monitoring and maintenance. <br /> <br />On behalf of the cooperating agencies <br />and the rancher, the Navajo County <br />Natural Resource Conservation District <br />(NRCD) applied to the Arizona Water <br />Protection Fund for monies to fund the <br />last components of the project. A newly <br />drilled well on USFS land would be the <br />source of water. It would be pumped to <br />and stored in a 100,000 gallon tank on a <br />small hill (hence, the name of the project) <br />on State Trust land and delivered by <br />gravity flow via buried pipelines to <br />strategically placed watering stations. <br /> <br />Continued on Page 7 <br />