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Shobe Project stand of grass on debris basin. Grass is
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Homemade device used on berms of diversion before and after
broadcast Lng seed on Shobe Canyon Watershed area.
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By DALE BONER
Every person should be
concerned with and support
resource conservation work.
The Shobe Canyon project was
an example of everyone being.
dedicated toward the accomp-
lishment of a community
4 problem. This dedication and
1 work is responsible for partially
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Work completed in the Shobe
watershed included the con
struction of 150.000 feet of
diversions. 26 silt dams and 9
acres of grassed waterways.
Nearly 250 acres of grass was
seeded. Channel enlargement
and riprap work by the Corps of
Engineers was also a part of the
effort. This work has sub
stantially reduced the flood
hazard from Shobe.
Flooding is certainly far from
eliminated in Heppner however,
and this was the reason for
organizing the Heppner Water
Control District. This district
will continue to work on the
problem in Shobe and other
drainages coming into the town
long after many people have
forgot about the danger from
flooding.
One reason Shobe has been
such a threat to the city with the
cloudburst, is the large per
centage of cropland in the
watershed. Another is the
steepness, with an elevation
difference of 1300 feet within its
five mile length.
Balm Fork watershed is
another drainage which can
cause serious flooding
problems. It is similiar to
Shobe. with a large block of
dryland cropland and the
drainage itself increasing 1800
feet in elevation in its eight mile
length. These same conditions
are not as true for the Hinton
and Willow creek drainages, so
consequently the flood hazard is
not as great for the cloudburst
storm.
During the cloudburst much
of the Force is removed from
high runoffs in Hinton and
Willow creek. These drainages
have flatter grades and the
water has time to spread out
over the many hayfields.
The same situation may not
be true during the winter when
the runoff could come from the
entire Willow Creek watershed,
including all of its tributaries.
This was what happened during
the winter of 1964-1965.
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The Farm Bureau says
We support the use of Soil Conservation Service tech
nical staff for assistance in planning programs having
permanent value.
We recommend that a federal program of cost-sharing
be instituted for those soil and water conservation prac
tices and structures which contribute to the attainment
of pollution prevention, enduring conservation and en
vironmental enhancement.
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