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Silt Project, Colorado: Colorado River Storage Project, U.S. Department Of Agriculture Aug 1961

Silt Project, Colorado: Colorado River Storage Project, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

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The purpose of this report is to present information regarding the soil capabilities for irrigation, the present and future land use and production pattern, the costs associated with on-farm irrigation development, prospective size and type of farm, direct agricultural benefits and probable farm incomes with proposed irrigation development for the Silt project. In addition to the agricultural phases, this report deals with the impacts of the project on the national forests and the relationship of watershed conditions to the project.

This report also is intended to aid the Bureau of Reclamation in developing their Definite Plan Report, and to provide …