CIMARRON
WATERSHED ALLIANCE, INC.
Approved
GRANT
SUBTASK &
· Grant: Federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h), FY 03
Cimarron Watershed Alliance, Inc.
Project: Contract No. 05-667-5000-0009
· Core
Workplan Task 5:
Implementation of BMP’s. Item
c; Page 9,
· Core
Workplan Task 6:
Public Outreach; Item a; Page 9,
· Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reaches of the
OBJECTIVE
OF PROJECT: The primary objective of
this project is to reduce the risk of
increased turbidity in the headwaters of both the Cieneguilla and Nine Mile Creeks caused by erosion and wildfires resulting from an overgrown and unhealthy forest. This objective is supported descriptively in CWA’s Core Work Plan TMDL Section, and directly in Subtasks 5c and 6a of the same. These objectives will be carried out by the implementation of a forest restoration prescription (attached) treating approximately 60 acres in the Taos Pines Ranch Subdivision (TPRS) of Colfax County, New Mexico. This treatment will allow the forests and grasses to regenerate, which in turn will stabilize the soils to decrease the erosion and forest topsoil run-off into the headwaters.
In addition to these primary objectives, this
proposal seeks to demonstrate the erosion control effectiveness, desirability,
aesthetics, and fire mitigation effects of forest restoration. Concurrently, this proposal will use these
areas to assist in leveraging additional grants/funding to perform erosion
control and forest restoration on several hundred acres in the TPRS, which is
in the headwaters of the Cimarron Watershed.
This proposal will educate and demonstrate to other home and lot owners
in the TPRS and other areas of
Specifically, the benefits to the Cimarron Watershed
will be to, decrease erosion to the Moreno Valley TMDL Reaches listed in our
contract, mitigate fire propagation and to serve as a prelude to implementing
and maintaining BMPs (Best Management Practices) in
this and other areas of our watershed.
lot numbers 75 & 76 (Linda and Troy Ford), 4 (Larry Leahy), 69 (Lawrence A. Parnes), 28 (J.M. and Diana Johnson), and 2 (Klaus Steinbrecher and Lore Koehnlein); each being 10 acres plus or minus for a total of approximately 60 acres in the Taos Pines Ranch Subdivision. Signed trespass authorizations for each of the lots are attached.
accomplished with the equipment of
Forestry Services Group, Inc. wherein the attached prescription will be
followed and the usable posts and poles taken from the lots will be purchased
by Western Woods Products. In addition,
this project will be actively seeking integration with other like or
complementary projects in or near the treatment area.
Grant: Cost to CWA
Grant will be $650 per acre or $39,000 for 60 acres treated.
CWA Match: $15,600, which will consist of an estimated
$12,000 ($200 per acre x 60 acres) from the Western Wood Products purchase of
posts and poles from Forestry Services Group, and approximately $3,600 from CWA
in-kind and matching funds.
SCHEDULE
AND TIME
the Executive Planning
Committee, Steering Committee, and the Board of Directors of the
Team Leader: Alan Johnson
Participants:
Forestry Services Group
PERMISSIONS AND PERMITTING:
Land, Water, and Mineral Owners:
See attached Individual Trespass Permit and landowner for each lot.
Dredge & Fill Clearance Required? ___Yes _X_ No
Is any work proposed within the high water mark of a river, stream or Arroyo? ___ Yes _ X_ No
Cultural Resource Clearance Required? ___ Yes _X_ No
Does this proposal involve any earth disturbing activity? ___Yes _X_ No
LIABILITY: A Proof of Liability Coverage policy document with Cimarron Watershed Alliance, Inc. names as “Also Insured” shall be provided by FSG and attached to the final version of this Proposal.