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<br /> <br />O~1554 <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF WATERSHED PLAN-EA <br /> <br />Project: Trinidad Lake North Watershed <br /> <br />county: Las Animas <br /> <br />state: Colorado <br /> <br />Names of Sponsors: <br /> <br />Spanish Peaks Soil Conservation District <br />Purgatoire River Soil Conservation District <br />Purgatoire River Conservancy District <br />Las Animas County <br />City of Trinidad <br />Colorado State Soil Conservation Board <br /> <br />Description of Recommended Plan: <br /> <br />Alternative three is the Recommended Plan. The plan is <br />composed of management and enduring conservation practices. A <br />combination of management and enduring conservation measures are <br />utilized in this alternative. Structures to control gully <br />erosion dominate the enduring type practices. Planned Grazing <br />Systems dominate the management type practices. <br /> <br />An educational component in the plan coincides with the <br />Planned Grazing System aspect of the plan. This component will <br />be developed by the sponsors. <br /> <br />Resource Information: <br /> <br />Watershed Size: 111,100 Ac. <br /> <br />Land Use: Rangeland <br />Woodland <br />Irr. Pasture & Hayland <br />Dry Pasture & Hayland <br />Wildlife land <br />* Other land <br /> <br />61,800 Ac. <br />12,800 Ac. <br />600 Ac. <br />700 Ac. <br />6,700 Ac. <br />28,500 Ac. <br /> <br />* "Other land" consists of roads and subdivisions. <br /> <br />Land ownership: Private (92.5%) <br />State (7%) <br />Federal (.5%) <br /> <br />Number of Farms: 114 ranch units <br />Average Farm Size: 542 Ac. <br />Prime and Important Farmland: none <br />Minority Agricultural Producers exceed (45%) <br />Limited Resource Farmers (25%) <br /> <br />