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<br />....;:-"'.. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />Q <br /> <br />H. ,e:!-I'..;.SZ!l'Bi" KOIlZ'l'ORZIlG: <br /> <br />It was decided that monitoring off-site (or off-farm) <br />habitat impacts was necessary. As stated in the 1990 Lower <br />Gunnison Monitoring Report; establishing permanent <br />vegetative transects appears to be the most effective way to <br />capture subtle changes. However, this form of monitoring <br />needs to be extensive in order to achieve a statistically <br />correct evaluation. The time and effort required to <br />accomplish this task far exceeds' our staffing capacity and <br />time allotment. <br /> <br />At a Salinity Program biologist meeting in Denver, it <br />was agreed that each salinity office would use h4ghr <br />resolU't'i:oll'i,'low' altitude,i....inrrared; photoqrliphy (on a portion <br />of the project area) a~<.'t'hree""yea'r.. 'interviHs"for ,observ:i.ng <br />epsssible '.of'f""si;te'"a.ttera't.'i'on's. to,:cwet':1and ::ha'b.i.t#t. It was <br />later determined that cQlor.,.photo~aphy would be easier to <br />interpret.. Approximately 4,O:''i'OO:O,~:acres.:..of;;:the. project .anea <br />were;,Phot..ogr;~phed^in, August .of..199J.. Weather conditions <br />were ideal and irrigation water was still being applied. We <br />are presently in the process of randomly selecting sites and <br />will be ground-truthing each one in the 1992 field season. <br /> <br />On~;,'problem',with:of-fsitemonitoririg whi'CB"has, '-surf ac.ed <br />in ",thed'lcE;Lmo;"'Cr.eek""Uni,t"i,~'''d:iff ererltia thlCi 'those" wetla'f1d <br />impacts, ,attr,ibuted,( to-"CRSC."contracQ,i,lIlplemen:tat-i'On:.fromu.. S. <br />.,".!3.\-l.:<:'!gaU",cQL"Recl'ama,tion':0U1,'S:,"B', R:;'-)'''canaP,:rehabi i:i1:_atJJon <br />'"*!llP.aC~.ia!'ll!l.;';':i.:ndividual'{'fmpa~s (development, drainage). To <br />date ses is the only entity which has agreed to monitor <br />offsite wetland impacts. An impact to an offsite wetland <br />may be discernable, however,. to attempt to identify the <br />source of that impact may require technical expertise <br />(hydrology, geology) far beyond our capability. Therefore, <br />any offsite impacts observed which cannot be attributed <br />directly to 8es activities can only be noted. <br />