Upper Huerfano Conservation District

Promoting the wise use of natural resources in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties.

A Living Snowfence near

La Veta traps blowing snow, reducing the need for extensive highway maintenance.

 

©Photo 2007: NRCS-Tony Arnhold

About UHCD

Phone: 719-738-1171
Fax: 719-738-4873
E-mail: carols.dunn@co.nacdnet.net

The Upper Huerfano Conservation District was organized in 1940 under Colorado’s Soil Conservation District Law. The State law was enacted after the federal government formed the Soil Erosion Service, in response to the devastation of over 100 million acres caused by the dust storms in the 1930s in the area known as the Dust Bowl.

Since 1940 the size of the District has increased from 341,760 acres to its present size of 925,949 acres in Huerfano County and northern Las Animas County.

The climate of land within the District ranges from plains to alpine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The purpose of the District is to promote the wise use of natural resources on each acre of land and to treat each acre according to its needs as follows:

1. Promote the use of agricultural land by protecting it against all forms of deterioration.

2. Rebuild eroded and depleted soils, stabilizing critical runoff and sediment-producing areas.

3. Improve grasslands, woodlands, wildlife and recreation lands.

4. Conserve water for irrigation and recreation and promote proper agricultural drainage and irrigation.

Concerns of the UHCD:

· Rangeland/Pasture Land Health

· Forest Land Health

· Water Quality/Quantity

· Wildlife Habitat

· Education and other Special Projects

 

 

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