Excerpts: The purpose of this report is to summarize the problems, needs, and development opportunities of water and related land resources that need immediate attention in the Estancia Subbasin of the Upper Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico. Problems concerning the conservation and use of land and water are identified and recommendations are made for solving some of these problems through programs of the United States Department of Agriculture and other federal and state agencies. This study has the following five principal objectives: 1. To identify broad areas which are feasible for land treatment—to improve water yield, control erosion on critical areas, and reduce sedimentation of water ways; and to appraise the economic effects of such treatment. 2. To provide a technical basis for more effective coordination of United States Department of Agriculture programs for resource development and management with similar activities of local, state, and other federal agencies. 3. To identify and describe the opportunities of water and related land resource development to assist in the full development and utilization of the human resources to improve the economic and cultural status of the people. 4. To appraise opportunities of meeting local objectives through existing Department of Agriculture programs. 5. To appraise the needs of the area to improve the general welfare of the local people by developing a plan for orderly control or regulation, management, and use of water and related land resources.
