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<br />:- 002411 <br /> <br />- <br />. <br /> <br />Threatened & Endangered Species. known range for the following: <br /> <br />Black-Footed Ferret, Bald Eagle, Whooping Crane, <br /> <br />Piping Plover, Least Tern, Swift Fox <br /> <br />American Peregine Falcon, Mountain Plover <br /> <br />Arkansas Darter, Colorado Butterfly Plant <br /> <br />Cultural Resources: <br /> <br />;\; <br />Sites in the area iQclue: a canal. orehistoric remains. and historic trails <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />Problem Identification: <br /> <br />Major problems identified in the watershed are: imoaired flGGl'-water quality in the <br /> <br />Arkansas River as well as in surface and groundwater in the watershed, less than <br /> <br />ootimumf*9f irrigation water management, and excessive irrigation induced erosion to <br /> <br />the irrigated cropland. <br /> <br />The cause of these oroblems are related to several factors. There has baen a chanae <br /> <br />i(l irri<~ation diliaence due to reduced man-Dower since the 19508. The irriaation water <br /> <br />deliverv svstem loses considerable amounts of water that is needed for croo oroduction. <br /> <br />After Pueblo dam was constructed the irriQation waters beina delivered to oroducers <br /> <br />was much cleaner. The result beinQ that ditches and furrows are not beina sealed bv <br /> <br />silt as thev were orior to the dam. <br /> <br />15.~ <br />