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<br />- 2 - <br /> <br />and (4) a water distribution system requiring rehabilitation. The <br />primary objective of this watershed project is conservation of all <br />of the land, water, and management resources, and a balancing of <br />agricultural enterprises which wiUstabilize crops and pasture <br />grown and accomplish a long-term improvement of economic conditions <br />in the watershed and in the surrounding communities. From a farm <br />income standpoint this is badly needed by a majority of landowners. <br /> <br />A more secure irrigated agricultural economy will be achieved <br />by (1) a combination of land treatment and structural measures for <br />floodwater and sediment damage reduction and (2) improved water <br />management through the better use and distribut.ion of water. <br /> <br />Improved management of water will reduce water requirements and <br />make more water available for other agricultural use and future needs <br />such as recreation, domestic, and commercial uses. No new land will <br />be brought into agricultural production as a result of this project. <br /> <br />The Work plan proposes a 5-year period to install the land <br />treatment and structural measures required to achieve the project <br />objectives. The estimated project installation cost is $657,708. <br />The local or other share of this cost will be $376,661, and the <br />Public Law 566 share $281,047. The land treatment measures proposed <br />in this Plan will be applied on private lands by the owners and <br />operators, on National Forest lands by the Forest Service, and on <br />Indian lands by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Measures applied on <br />forested and rangelands will furnish watershed protection benefits. <br />Measures installed on irrigated croplands served by the main canals <br />will produce agricultural water management benefits. The cost of <br />land treatment meaSures is estimated to be $354,746. This includes <br />$236,813 for the private lands, $3,600 for the State Forest Service, <br />$21,700 for National Forest lands, $31,833 for Indian Tribal lands, <br />and includes $60,800 for Public Law 566 funds for accelerated land <br />treatment and technical assistance. In addition, the cost of land <br />treatment measures applied to-date by the owners and operators of <br />private and Federal lands is estimated at $258,949. <br /> <br />The structural program provides (1) two floodwater-retarding <br />reservoirs containing 266 acre-feet for 25-year frequency flood- <br />water detention and 50-year sediment storage, (2) rehabilitation <br />of 30 miles of canal of the Pine River Canal Company by replacement <br />and repair of old canal structures and the addition of needed new <br />structures for better measurement and distribution of water, (3) the <br />combining of a section of the Spring Creek Ditch Company Canal with <br />that of a parallel section of the Pine River Canal in conjunction <br />with one of the floodwater-retarding structures. The project map <br />at the back of the Work plan shows watershed and structural features. <br />