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Show PART IV Table 12.-Summary table of watershed management problems, treatment needs, and cost projected to 2020, Framework Plan, Upper Colorado Region Watershed Problems Land Category Area ; : Affected : ;(1,000 Ac.)i Treatment Kinds Amounts Cost (1,000 Dollars) Install. : Ace. OM&R Erosion Sediment & Runoff Control Erosion 6k Flood and Sediment Forest and Range 29,119 Cultivated & Pasture 1,075 Urban 183 Other 103 Subtotal 30,480 Forest and Range 69 Cultivated & Pasture 348 Urban 12 Other - Subtotal 429 Total 30,909 Tree and Shrub Planting 2,744 ac. Stabilization 208,104 ac. Detention Dams 2,128 no. Check & Drop Structures 67,174 no. Diversion Dams 3,993 no. Water Spreading 383,685 ac. Grade Stabilizing Structures 1,244 no. Floodways 42,700 ft. Debris Sediment Basin 3,298 no. Brush and Weed Control 2,587,831 ac. Watershed Tillage 643,133 ac. Seeding 1,110,268 ac. Gully Control 4,364 mi. Sheet Erosion Control 332,600 ac. Dikes 467 no. Streambank and Lakeshore Stabilization 1,189 mi. 111,991 5,897 Water Yield Improvement Water Shortage Total Vegetation Type Conversion 831,562 ac. 15,046 127,037 752 6,649 Note: Watershed treatment amounts to 78,300 water control facilities, land treatment on 5,268,400 acres, and gully and streambank stabilization of 5,550 miles. Improvement practices primarily for increased production which also provide protection are outlined in Appendix VI, Land Resources and Use. Watershed land treatment in Appendix X, Flood Control, includes the above acreage and an acreage directly affected by water control facilities. MEANS FOR MEETING HEEDS |