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<br /> <br />- less than <br />- approximately <br />- approximately <br />- approximately <br /> <br /> <br />project Beneficiary Profile: <br /> <br />The economy of the watershed is based on agriculture <br />(ranching). The 1989 per capita income for Las Animas County <br />residents was $12,216, whereas the Colorado per capita income was <br />$17,504 for the same period. The population within the watershed <br />is 45% Hispanic, with an average age of 32. The average age of a <br />Colorado resident is 29.. The January to April 1991 unemployment <br />rate was 9.4% which compares with 5.9% for Colorado. Numerous <br />sUbdivisions have.been and are being built within the watershed. <br />There are seasonally used homes as well as those used for full- <br />time occupancy. <br /> <br />Flood Plains: 575 Ac. irrigated cropland <br />56 Ac. streambed <br /> <br />Endangered Species - known range for the following: <br /> <br />Black-Footed Ferret, Peregrine Falcon, <br />Bald Eagle, Whooping Crane, <br />Piping Plover, Least Tern <br /> <br />Migratory bird: Burrowing Owl <br />Candidate Endangered Species- range for the following: <br /> <br />Wetlands: <br /> <br />Type I <br />Type II <br />Type V <br />Type VI <br /> <br />Birds: <br /> <br />Fishes: <br /> <br />Mammals: <br /> <br />Plants: <br /> <br />Reptiles: <br /> <br />Cultural Resources: <br />From the National <br />Colorado: <br /> <br />200 Ac. <br />210 Ac. <br />42 AC. <br />21 Ac. <br /> <br />Long-Billed Curlew <br />Mountain Plover <br />Black Tern <br /> <br />Arkansas Darter <br />Speckled Chub <br /> <br />Swift Fox <br />Fringed-Tailed Myotis <br /> <br />Colorado Green Gentian <br />Single-Headed Goldenweed <br /> <br />Texas Horned Lizard <br /> <br />Register of Historic Places for <br /> <br />1. Cokedale Historic District <br />2. The bridge over Burro Canyon at Colorado <br />Highway 12 <br /> <br />2 <br />