The Mancos Conservation District was awarded a $3,348,446 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funding, with an award date of September 10, 2024 and a completion date of December 31, 2026, will support several activities to improve watershed health and climate change resilience in the Mancos River watershed in Colorado. Key deliverables include:
- Upgrading 3 agricultural diversion structures
- Installing remote metering and telemetry equipment on 10 agricultural pipeline headgates
- Completing forest mitigation work on 650 acres
- Replacing invasive riparian vegetation with native species along 15 properties along the Mancos River
These restoration and infrastructure improvements to private lands throughout the Mancos watershed aim to support ecological processes, water resource management, and the needs of the agricultural, municipal, and tribal communities relying on the Mancos River.
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