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<br />FLOOD CONTROL AND FlDOD PROXECTION <br /> <br />o <br />en <br />~ <br /> <br />,. <br />.... <br /> <br />Alcng th~ Picketwire River, i'rQll\ !l. point t-..enty miles west of the <br />City of' TrinidaeJ.. colorac.o, to the mouth 01 the c:;.nyon at Alfalfa, thirty <br /> <br />,f <br /> <br />miles east of'l'ri.nidad, streBln b.nk C';ttting w.s bocom<l a great problem. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />This erosian oc.C1.U'S during flows of less thall bank full capacity. <br /> <br />lrom'Hiiately east of Trinidad. ,\:;ha Purlbs.taire Boil Conservaticm Dis. <br /> <br />triot hae assisted farmers and 'iitch cO!Ilpanies in placLng several hundred <br /> <br />teet 01' jettiu =d tet:r<l.he>C:t'oXlli along the rivar to protect the bankll. In <br /> <br />most casell this has befJll do:!.e to a1'for,1 protaction llsar diversion dams and <br /> <br />other more important haadworkll s1;ruetures. If this timely work had not <br /> <br />been done, -..hole 1i versions 1'1ou1:1 baye been by.p"ssed and sever."l hundred <br />acres or' land would have had no ;mter wh/l.tsoevar. In one caso a headworka <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />struo~rB was by-passed lea.ving a &'lP of 1100 i'e<lt be'l".een h811dgllte and rive <br /> <br />bank. It has been estimated '<;ha~ to pu't 'this syat8lll back into funotioning <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />eondltion, th<!l cost ....ill be ~135,OOO.OO. <br /> <br />Approxim"-tely 1200 ll. orElS ai' '\;he bast, moot t'e:rl:i1e river bottom <br /> <br />land h1.i.s bean washed a.way in the last s;3..-or"l years. Most of this dIll1\9.ge <br /> <br />oemlrs at lose th9.n flO<:ld s"\:;age. At the oOnser"e;~ive est.iJnate oJ: $200.00 <br /> <br />P(;)'" de.:,; au l-d~.l:; ths \f:..,l'..t~ 0[' the >.if':'h type .:i..~ps tlw-:.~ ~X"':.' g~~~;.".n .;:i. -t.ha river <br /> <br />bottom 80ils. it is estimated that ~ million dollars is ~a~'eseuted therein. <br /> <br />The crops thus lost tan. perhaps, be gr01llll elsewhere, ~t -the soil which has <br /> <br />be.m washed awa.y ~ never be repIa ced. <br /> <br />The expondiv.lres !.'rom 1940 to 1944 on the P lok",twire iU-,@l' in tlul <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Trinidad area for repair of irrigation structures boilc":"'se or flood waters <br /> <br />!lave boan $50,000.00. 'fhis repair fig>.nos lVould have bean materially increased <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />if' it were not for the insufficient finances of' the i'9.l",ners Rnd di toh cOmpaniEls. <br /> <br />In the period from 1940 to 1944, tile crop losses in the Valley of more <br /> <br />thAn :10,000 ae<'os has been 1f10r" tha.n .~:IG.OO per acre. In the YOll." 1943, there <br /> <br />vIera no crops produced on the lluuth aids of tho river. <br />