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Mancos Conservation District outlines wildfire, watershed and soil‑health work; seeks county collaboration
Summary
Mancos Conservation District reported progress on a stream management plan, a $2.5 million WaterSMART Bureau of Reclamation grant for forestry and diversion upgrades, ongoing soil‑health reimbursements and outreach; commissioners asked about upcoming statewide wildfire code.
Danny Margolis, executive director of the Mancos Conservation District, updated the Montezuma County commissioners on multiple conservation programs and funding secured this year.
Margolis said the district is finalizing a stream management plan aimed at protecting water quantity and quality in the Mancos watershed and that it has been awarded a Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant for about $2,500,000. He said the grant will fund work that includes roughly 600 acres of forest thinning, upgrades to three diversions, and smart metering on 10 diversions; NEPA review was under way, and engineers’ proposals had been received.
On wildfire and forestry, Margolis described two concurrent Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action programs and work with the Wildfire…
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