WSP07182

• File Number: 8142.600.20
• Description: Trinidad Project - Environmental Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 3/1/1992
• Author: Various
• Title: Trinidad Lake North Watershed - Las Animas - Colorado - Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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evaluation unit. The estimated total financial assistance cost
for enduring practices is $656,500.

Enduring
Practice

Cost-share
Rate
(%)

Financial
Assistance
($)

Sediment Basin
Diversion
Stockwater Developments
Fencing
Grade Stabilization Structures
Pipeline
Range Seeding
critical Area Planting
Brush Management
Pasture & Hayland Planting

69
69
50
50
69
50
50
69
50
50

363,300
16,900
33,000
21,400
17,200
24,800
10,100
155,000
1,800
13,000

Cost-sharing for management practices in the selected plan
is limited to a one-time incentive payment (not to exceed $10,000
per individual) of $1 to $2 per acre for deferred grazing for a
total estimated financial assistance cost of $70,400.

2. The SCS will assist the sponsors in providing technical
assistance to landowners or operators to plan and install land
treatment practices shown in the plan. Percentages of technical
assistance costs to be borne by the sponsors and SCS are as
follows:

Works of
Improvement

SCS
(percent)

Estimated Technical
Assistance Cost
(dollars)

Sponsors
(percent)

Land Treatment
Practices

o

100

$397,800

3. The sponsors will obtain applications from owners of not
less than 60 percent of the land in the problem area, indicating
that they will carry out the planned land treatment measures.
Applications will be obtained before the first long-term land
treatment contract is executed.

4. The sponsors will obtain agreement with landowners or
operators to operate and maintain the land treatment practices
for the protection and improvement of the watershed.

5. The sponsors and SCS will each bear the cost of project
administration that each incurs, estimated to be $6,000 and
$44,200 respectively.

6. The costs shown in this plan are preliminary estimates.
Final costs to be borne by the parties hereto, will be the actual
costs incurred in the installation of works of improvement.

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