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<br />1:'- <br />C'? <br />'l:t' <br /> <br />CHAPTER V <br /> <br />ACTIVITIES OF TIlE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF <br />AGRICUL TURE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY THE <br />SIL T PROJECT <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Colorado State University are <br />carrying out a number of agricultural activities in Garfield County, Colorado. <br />With the Increased agricultural activity that will accompany the proposed <br />development of the Silt project, these programs will need to be accelerat~d. <br /> <br />Agricultural Extension Education and Information <br /> <br />The Colorado Cooperative Extension Service maintains an office at Glenwood <br />Springs. The services of a resident Extension Agent, Assistant Extension <br />Agent, Home Demonstration Agent, and the nonresident specialists located <br />on the campus at Fort Collins are available to farmers in the project area. <br /> <br />Additional information and educational services will be required. This is <br />particularly true in connection wi th any expansion in the dairy and live- <br />stock industry. Some additional information and education in connection <br />with better irrigation water management and pasture development will also <br />be needed. <br /> <br />Technical Assistance <br /> <br />The triangular shaped watershed of the Sil t project lies wi thin the Book- <br />cliff Soil Conservation District. It Includes about 40,000 acres of <br />private lands. The Soil Conservation Service, Glenweod Springs Work <br />Unit, Includes the area of the Bookcliff Soil Conservation District. A <br />soil conservationist Is resident at Rifle. The unit conservationist at <br />Glenwood Springs furnishes supervision and assistance in soils, engineering, <br />agron01llY, woadland and range management. Close w6rk ing arI'llAgements are <br />maintained with the Fflrest Service and the Bureau of Land Managemet. <br /> <br />Additional technical services and on-site assistance from Soil Conserva- <br />tion Service technicians will be required in the planning and application <br />of conservation practices, which will Include land leveling, improvement <br />of farm irrigation systems, improved water management, grass management <br />and soil fertility management. <br /> <br />Stream flow forecasts for seasonal flows of Rifle Creek are recognized <br />in the hydrologic study as necessary to the successful management and <br />operation of the Silt project. Installation of two new snow survey <br />courses and a soil moisture station would probably suffice to provide <br />the essential forecast data. Snow-cat or other over-snow transportation <br />would be required to obtain snow course readings. The Soil Conservation <br />Service could provide Installation and subsequent operation in accordance <br /> <br />- <;7 - <br />