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Mancos Conservation District outlines $2.5M WaterSMART forestry work, diversion upgrades and soil‑health reimbursements
Summary
Danny Margolis, executive director of the Mancos Conservation District, briefed commissioners on a suite of watershed, forestry and soil‑health projects including a Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant, NEPA work for 600 acres of forest thinning, diversion upgrades, and a soil‑health reimbursements program covering 1,500 acres.
Danny Margolis, executive director of the Mancos Conservation District, told the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners the district has several active and planned projects addressing watershed management, forest thinning for wildfire risk reduction, diversion upgrades and soil‑health incentives.
Margolis said the district is nearing completion of a stream management plan and has been awarded about $2,500,000 through the Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART program; the district is now under contract and has received proposals to complete NEPA for planned work. He told the board NEPA and permitting work is required and that the forestry elements will cover roughly 600 acres of…
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