UGRWCD Drought Survey - Agricultural Water Use

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Please complete the survey questions. Please contact Stacy Beaugh, Facilitator for the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District Drought Contingency Plan at stacybeaugh@gmail.com with any questions. If you have other water use interests that you represent, please consider also completing a second survey that is specific to that interest.

Thank you for your time and assistance!

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How has drought affected your agricultural operations? Check all that apply.

a. Lack of adequate grasses in grazing permit areas

b. Increased stress on cattle and lower weights?

c. Decreased productivity on grass pasture fields?

d. Increased presence of weeds in pasture fields?

e. Decreased production income?

f. Increasing input costs?

g. Damage to crop quality?

h. Loss of spring water sources for herd?

i. Concern over wildland fires?

j. Increase in water user conflicts?

k. Alteration of work force (e.g., layoffs or shifts in labor type)?

l. Increase in personal stress levels?

Other:

What are the top 3 ways you have responded to drought? Check your top 3 choices.

a. Implemented deficit irrigation outside of “normal practices” on all or portions of fields?

b. Implement split season irrigation outside of “normal practices” on all or portions of fields?

c. Foregoing fall water application on all or portions of fields?

d. Reducing cattle herd size?

e. Truck water to stock tanks?

f. Buy hay?

g. Utilization of crop/livestock insurance to mitigate drought impacts?

Other:

What are the top 3 things that the agricultural community could do to help with drought response and drought resiliency? Check only your top 3 choices.

a. Update aging infrastructure?

b. Water sharing/gentlemen’s agreements?

c. Deficit irrigation?

d. Crop switching?

e. Study drought tolerant grass hay species?

f. Split-season irrigation?

g. Reduce ditch leakage?

Other:

What top 3 things do you think the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservation District could do to help with drought response and drought resiliency for agriculture? Check only your top 3 choices.

a. Assist with detailed crop studies on high quality drought tolerant grass hay species?

b. Replace aging infrastructure?

c. Build more storage or expand existing storage reservoirs?

d. Protect against compact administration by collecting data that supports the importance of irrigation return flows for our local community and economy?

e. Continue/increase funding to support agricultural resilience?

f. Convene regular forums for agricultural producers to provide input, share knowledge, and expertise to the District?

Other:

What top 3 resources or metrics do you rely on to plan for and track drought intensity? Check only your top 3 choices.

a. NRCS Snotel Sites?

b. Aerial Snow Observation radar flights for snow depth and water equivalent?

c. Personal observations of soil moisture saturation levels in late fall?

d. NRCS drought monitor index?

e. USGS gages or personal observations on river levels?

f. Reservoir levels?

g. American Whitewater?

h. Pasture plant success?

i. Colorado River Basin Forecast Center?

Other:

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