SAN juan swcd will implement watershed scale monitoring and restoration activities to improve watershed and rangeland health in the SAN juan basin vegetation treatments will reduce hazardous fuels…

SAN juan swcd will implement watershed scale monitoring and restoration activities to improve watershed and rangeland health in the SAN juan basin vegetation treatments will reduce hazardous fuels load, combat brush encroachment, and restore grasslands for the benefit of livestock, wildlife, and watershed health erosion control structures will be installed to trap sediment, protect infrastructure and cultural resources, reclaim unneeded roads, and increase water availability for livestock and wildlife monitoring activities will focus on success of vegetation treatments, and pilot watershed assessments looking at salinity reductions and ecological site descriptions rangelands projects will benefit grazing, endangered species, recreation, cultural resources, and soil health the agreement will support local jobs and contractors, strengthen relationships with adjacent tribal nations, and provide important conservation work on public lands that have been degraded