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<br />, <br /> <br />- 18 - <br /> <br />soil and cover cond.itions and will reduce runoff and erosion damage.. <br />Watershed fire control intensification will consist of furnishing a <br />four-wheel drive fire truck equipped with pump, tank, hoses, and <br />miscellanous hand tools for use by the Mt. Allison Volunteer Fire <br />Department. <br /> <br />Improved irrigation water management, in addition to applied <br />management by landowners, requires the application of these practices: <br />conservation cropping system, land leveling, land smoothing, irriga- <br />tion ditches, small irrigation structures, and open drains. Measures <br />to be applied to the 12 laterals will include use of pre-cast eoncrete <br />structures, galvanized metal and reinforced concrete pipe, and various <br />othercast-in-p1ace concrete structures. These measures will reduce <br />seepage losses as well as erosion and sediment deposition in ditches <br />and on irrigated fields. Erosion in the canal system is not a serious <br />problem except below deteriorated check structures and a few canal <br />sections where the grade is excessive. <br /> <br />The application of the land treatment measures in the watershed <br />are estimated to provide an improved vegetative, soil, and moisture <br />condition in the watershed area, and will increase project effici- <br />encies from 44 to 52 percent on the irrigated lands. These improve- <br />ments will improve and stabilize the income of the local people and <br />the surrounding areas. <br /> <br />The Pine River Soil Conservation District and its cooperators <br />are carrying out an effective and active soil and moisture conserva- <br />tion program with technical assistance furnished by the Soil <br />Conservation Service. There are no standard soil surveys with a <br />publication date set for this watershed. Present technical assist- <br />ance is adequate to provide needed soil surveys in the watershed. <br />Of the 114 operating units in the project area, 25 have basic farm <br />and ranch conservation plans. A continued effort will be placed on <br />the development of additional basic conservation plans with the <br />landowners and operators. Table 1A shows the amounts and costs of <br />land treatment measures previously installed in the project area. <br /> <br />Structural Measures <br /> <br />Structural measures in the plan include: (1) two floodwater- <br />retarding and sediment detention reservoirs having a combined <br />capacity of 266 acre-feet, and (2) rehabilitation of the 30 miles of <br />main canal by means of the replacement and repair of old structures, <br />