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<br />. 00030 <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Cooperative Extension <br />Colorado state University <br />Southeast Region <br /> <br />tIIAY 25 2000 <br /> <br />May 22, 2000 ~ <br /> <br />Jim Valliant...J?~~ <br />Regional Irriga~on Specialist <br />For Immediate Release.................... <br /> <br />Colorado Water <br />C':JnseNation Board <br /> <br />Reply to: 411 North lOth Street <br />Rocky Ford, 00 81067 <br />valliant@ooop.ext.colostate.edu <br />(719) 254-7608 <br /> <br />INFORMATIONAL BREAKFAST AND TOUR <br />ON BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN HOLLY AREA <br /> <br />Several Best Management Practices (BMPs) are being demonstrated on farms located <br /> <br />throughout the Northeast Prowers Soil Conservation District under grants from the Colorado <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board and the Environmental Protection Agency. The "why's" and <br /> <br />"what's" of these BMPs will be discussed at an Informational Breakfast to be held Tuesday, June <br />--.-- <br /> <br />_~?A~~~~..am at Tasty House Cafe, 215 East Colorado (Hwy 50) in Holly, CO. <br /> <br /> <br />Dr. Luis Garcia, Colorado State University Bioresource Engineering, and Jim Valliant, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />CSU Cooperative Extension, will discuss the demonstration work they are <br /> <br />doing with several cooperators on surface and subsurface drainage, the use <br /> <br />:~ <br />!?~~ <br /> <br />of PAM (polyacrylamides) in corn and to reduce dirt ditch seepage, <br /> <br />draghoses vs sprinklers and Ionized air on center pivots, VERIS salinity <br /> <br />mapping and water quality sampling. <br /> <br />Colorado State University. U.S. Department of Agriculture and Prowers, Baca. 2ent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa and Otero <br />CO~R~ies cooperating. Cooperative Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. <br />