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-2- <br /> k. Works of improvement believed to be needed: (land treatment <br /> and structural). <br /> A. Structural: <br /> a) Four impoundment sites could be utilized <br /> b) Reconstruction of recost of existing legal drains <br /> C) Replacement or elimination of most culverts and channel restrictions <br /> B. Land treatment needs on the land of the watershed should consist <br /> of conservation cropping systems, proper crop residue use, contour <br /> farming, diversion construction, improved forestry practices, more <br /> wildlife enhancement, and improved water disposal systems. Several <br /> acres of subdivisions are presently being left unseeded over the <br /> winter causing excessive sedimentation in the drainageways of <br /> the watershed. While present subdivision control ordinances are <br /> very good, some improvement could be made in the' area of <br /> sedimentation. <br /> 5. Benefits expected to be achieved: (reduced damages, higher <br /> level of productivity, changed land use, etc. ) <br /> It is expected that losses from flood damage can be reduced, that a <br /> higher level of productivity can be obtained from damaged areas of <br /> farmland, that a more orderly growth can be planned for the area, <br /> that development, now deterred, which can- substantially aid the- <br /> local tax base, can proceed in an orderly manner. <br /> s <br />