Watershed Plan Summary
Montezuma Creek and Lower San Juan-Four Corners
Watershed Coordinated Resource Management Plan (2017)
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
San Juan Conservation District	Utah Department of Water Quality
PLAN COVERAGE
The plan covers most of the Montezuma Creek watershed, excluding the area east of the
Colorado/Utah state line. It also covers the Lower San Juan-Four Corners Watershed, excluding
the area west of Butler Wash subwatershed and the area south of the San Juan River. The plan
was developed using the coordinate resource management planning process, with participation
from landowners, communities, watershed organizations, and agencies operating within the
covered watersheds. Projects included in the plan are based on a sub-watershed (12-digit
hydrologic unit code) scale.
PLAN GOALS
The intent of the plan is to "to address all of the significant sources of [point-source and
rioripoint-source] pollution that are causing rangeland, farmland and water guality impairment
in the watershed and identify sound practices that will restore and maintain water guality in the
watershed once implemented." The best management practices (BMPs) and projects included
in the plan are intended to mitigate soil erosion and flooding, improve the health of rangelands,
protect cultural resources, and improve water guality and guantity for agricultural and other
beneficial uses.
CONSIDERATIONS
Below is a list of projects that the plan identifies as ready for implementation. As the plan did
not indicate that any of these projects had been completed or any listed BMPs had been
implemented, all projects are listed below as planned.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
The plan does not identify completed projects.

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PLANNED PROJECTS
Project Type
Description
Planned
Completion
Date
Cost
Additional Information
Spring Creek pinon-
juniper removal project
Remove pinon and juniper trees from 5,930 acres of
primarily Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land north
and west of Monticello
Not available
*$1,927,250
None
Montezuma Bench
pinon-juniper removal
project
Remove pinon and juniper trees from 188,464 acres of
mainly BLM land south and east of Monticello
Not available
"$61,250,800
None
Dry Wash canal piping
Pipe canal from Indian Creek Diversion to Dry Wash
Not available
"$690,000
San Juan Water Conservancy District has
submitted a Bureau of Reclamation grant
seeking $300,000; as of February 2017, no
award has been made. A Resource Conservation
Partnership Program application was also
submitted in April 2017 to help fund this project.
Indian Creek Diversion
measuring and
monitoring station
Install measuring and monitoring station at Indian Creek
Diversion and pond on Dugout Ranch
Not available
""$5,520
Utah State University Extension submitted a
Water Conservation Grant to fund this project in
March 2017
Manti La Sal Forest
Shingle Mill watershed
restoration project
Install grade control structures and upland vegetation
treatment and seeding to reduce gullying and erosion
Not available
Not available
None
FOR MORE INFORMATION
The watershed plan is available online.

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