INVENTORY RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS 



Printed on following pages In this Issue of Treasure Acres are state summaries of planned 

 or estimated Resource Developments that are projected within Soil and Water Conservation 

 Districts. The figures were obtained by adding up those supplied by each Individual district. 

 Carrying out of these practices on non-federal lands Is largely dependent on the efforts and 

 investments of Individual farmers and ranchers. However, educational, technical, and financial 

 assistance is needed. Supervisors of individual districts are mal<Ing every effort to realize 

 the^e goals. A close analysis of these figures will give some Idea of the magnitude and 

 diversity of natural resource development with which Soil and Water Conservation Districts are 

 Involved. Cost-benefit studies for each of these practices show tremendous return and another 

 column would be desirable to show what this amounts to. 



The private land figures were arrived at during a meeting of SWCD Supervisors, local resource 

 people (SCS, Extension, ASCS, Forest Service, BLM, BIA, FHA, SSCC, and others who were invited) 

 she figures are largely Judgement figures based on best InformatIp,n available, agency records, 

 ktc. BLM, Forest Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs at the state level reviewed the Form 

 2's for their respective agencies. 



Inventory figures are necessary as a basis for conservation planning, which is a function of 

 SWCDs, There Is a continuing need to gather and accumulate this information, and it is . 

 necessary it be reviewed periodically. 



The purpose of the NACB Public Lands Committee in conducting this inventory was for SWCD 

 Supervisors to get a better total picture of conservation needs (what exists, what remains, 

 what is planned, what It costs) on both public and private lands, to form a better basis for 

 planning and to Justify In their minds monetary appropriations. - Emphasis was meant to be 

 in the Judgement of the grassroots, the SWCD Supervisors. 



This has been a challenge to supervisors and to agency people and a test of the use of 

 existing record keeping, and to point up what Is needed. 



Your suggestions for future Inventories are welcome. 



All use possible should be made of this Inventory in SWCD planning for use by state and 

 federal agencies, businesses, private organizations, legislators, congressmen, and publicity 

 purposes. 



Individual district Inventories are available together with definitions of practices. 



THIS IS CONSERVATION 



A stream checked by brush on the banks ... providing fish habitat, 



A grass waterway replacing an ecoded gully. 



Dry land range reseeded to provide forage for more livestock, birds and game. 



Stubble plowed into a field ro provide moisture-holding tilth and fertility. 



Native grassland 'a I lowed to come back by skipping grazing a year or few months. 



Irrigated pasture taking pressure off range ~ feeding 10 times as many head per acre. 



Sprinkler Irrigation, doing more with half the water. 



Timber harvesting to leave wildlife habitat and hold water. 



Logging roads and skid trails seeded to prevent weeds and erosion. 



Adequate dams or structures to allow measurement and to save water and labor. 



Ditch and canal lining to halt erosion, wasting of water and water-logged land. 



Drainage to reclaim unproductive land. 



Leveling to save water and boost production. 



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