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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WATERSHED WORK PLAN <br /> <br />PINE RIVER WATERSHED <br /> <br />La Plata and Archuleta Counties, Colorado <br /> <br />July 1965 <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF PLAN <br /> <br />The Work Plan for watershed protection, flood prevention, and <br />agricultural water management is sponsored by the pine River Soil <br />Conservation District and the Pine River Canal Company. Technical <br />assistance in the preparation of the Plan was provided by the Soil <br />Conservation Service and Forest Service, U. S. Department of <br />Agriculture; the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U. S. Department of the <br />Interior; the Colorado State Forest Service; and the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board. <br /> <br />The watershed contains 90.2 square miles (57,730 acres). It <br />is located along the southern border of Colorado, west of the <br />Continental Divide and between the Los Pinos and Piedra Rivers, <br />tributaries of the San Juan River, a part of the Colorado River <br />Basin. All runoff of the watershed flows into the Navajo Reservoir <br />located on the San Juan River. <br /> <br />The communities of Tiffany, Allison, and Arboles are within <br />the boundaries of the project. The towns of Bayfield and Ignacio <br />are respectively within 4 and 2 miles to the north snd west of the <br />watershed. A portion of the Navajo Recreation Area is in the south- <br />eastern part of the watershed. <br /> <br />This is primarily a project for flood prevention and agricul- <br />tural water management on irrigated lands served by the canals of <br />the Pine River Canal Company. The principal watershed problems <br />are: (1) floodwater, sediment, and erosion damages to productive <br />farmlands from ttie upper forested and brush-covered rangelands, <br />(2) a need for improved water management on individual farms and <br />rancheS, (3) shortage of irrigation water for late season use, <br />