Mancos Conservation District

Purpose: the Mancos River Watershed Is Home to a Diverse Group of Water Users Agricultural Producers, the Town of Mancos, Recreational Water Users, Mesa Verde National Park and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe All Rely on This Water for Their Livelihoods and Community Health. the Mancos River, a Tributary of the San Juan River, Is Also a Home to a Diverse Ecological System That Supports Cold and Warm Water Fisheries and the Culturally Significant Cottonwood and Willow Trees That Comprise Healthy Riparian Zones Throughout Our Watershed. Drought and Climate Change Continuously Pose New Challenges Throughout Southwest Colorado, Mancos, Colorado Included. as Was Outlined in the Report Prioritized Drought Resilience for the Mancos Watershed, Msi, March 2021 Montezuma County Has Experienced Abnormally Dry Conditions Within the Last Year and Colorado Is Likely to Continue Experiencing Climate Related Stressors. Activities to Be Performed: Drought, Wildfire, and Flooding Have Been Identified as Community Concerns During Phase I of the Mancos Watershed Stream Management Planning (MWSMP) Effort. in Partnership With the Town of Mancos (tom), the Mancos Watershed Resiliency Project Proposes to Improve Watershed Health and Climate Change Resiliency Through Improving Three Agricultural Diversion Structures, Installing Remote Metering and Telemetry Equipment on Ten Agricultural Pipeline Headgates, Completing Forest Mitigation Work on 650 Acres, and Replacing Invasive Riparian Phreatophytes With Native Species Along 15 Properties of the Mancos River. Deliverable(s) Expected Outcome(s): These Restoration and Infrastructure Improvements to Private Lands Throughout the Mancos Watershed Enacted Through This Funding Opportunity Will Support the Ecological Processes and Water Resources Management Throughout the Mancos Watershed Holistically, Enabling the Prioritization of Wildlife as Well as the Agricultural, Municipal, and Tribal Communities That Rely on the River.beneficiary: the Public