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<br />Table of Contents
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<br />List of Tables
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<br />List of Figures
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<br />Management Executive Summary ..........,......,....... iv
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<br />Introduction . . . . . . .
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<br />Purpose ....
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<br />Objective .,.
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<br />Watershed Description and Analysis . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 6
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<br />Location ..."....,..."......,............,.. 6
<br />Climate . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 6
<br />Geology ,...,....."...,......,......,....... 7
<br />Structure . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , , . . . . 7
<br />Stratigraphy . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 7
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<br />Soils . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , , . . . . . . , , . . . , , , . . . . 10
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<br />Wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . , . . 15
<br />Threatened and Endangered Plants ,..,..,...........,. 16
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<br />Recreation ,.........,.. . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . . , , . . . _ 17
<br />Wilderness ..,....,....,............, .,....17
<br />Vegetation , . . . . , . . . . , . . . _ , . . . . . , . , . . . . . , . . . . . 18
<br />Cultural Resources . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . 24
<br />Water Resources ..,....,............,.......... 26
<br />Watershed Condition Analysis , , . . . , . ' . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . 31
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<br />Treatment Analysis ., , . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . 35
<br />Treatment Opportunities , . . , , . . . . . . ' . . . . , , . . . . . . , . . 35
<br />Treatment Descriptions .......,..............,.... 35
<br />Treatment Area Descriptions . . . . . . . , ' . . . . . , . . . , . . , , . 40
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<br />Methodology and Assumptions " . . . . . , . . , ' . . . . . , . . . , . . , . . 43
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<br />Soils ".. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . 44
<br />Vegetation Analysis .,....,...,.................. 47
<br />Grazing Systems .....,...,....,....,......,.... 47
<br />Sediment and Salt Yield Calculations for;
<br />Treatment Areas I, 2, and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 48
<br />Treatment Area 12 ..........,..,....,...... 49
<br />Detention Structures . . . , . . . . . ' , . . , , . . . . . , , . . . 50
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<br />Economics , . , . . . . . . : . . . . . , , . . . . , . . . . . , . . , . . . . 53
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