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<br />L~ <br /> <br />Wetlands Reserve Program were sent out to 40 floodplain landowners. <br />Unfortunately, no one responded to the invitation or expressed any <br />interest. <br /> <br />6. Have The Nature Conservancy Develop Agreements with Landowners <br /> <br />At present, TNC does not have the time or people available <br />to development of agreements with Jensen area landowners. <br />not mean, however, that a person could not be hired. <br /> <br />7. Develop Cooperative Agreement with the Uintah Soil Conservation <br />District Board <br /> <br />to devote <br />That does <br /> <br />This option would allow hiring a qualified individual that lived and <br />worked in the Vernal/Jensen area to develop agreements with area <br />landowners. This was the option of choice until recently, but the <br />Board decided that the Program was too controversial and they did <br />not want to get involved. <br /> <br />8. Contract with Qualified Individual <br /> <br />The approach would be to employ an individual that lived in the <br />Vernal/Jensen area, that had good rapport with area residents and <br />landowners, that would work full time at developing <br />easements/agreements with floodplain landowners, and that would <br />assist with Recovery Program I&E and public relations in the <br />Vernal/Jensen area. At present, this is the option of choice. <br /> <br />V. Study Area <br /> <br />This plan pertains to the Green River floodplain between Pariette <br />Draw (RM 238) and Dinosaur National Monument (RM 318). During FY <br />96, a similar plan will be developed for the Gunnison and Colorado <br />rivers. If, during FY 96, opportunities arise in high-priority <br />geographic areas within the Gunnison and Colorado rivers, the <br />Habitat Restoration Program will capitalize on them as time and <br />money allow. <br /> <br />There are -111 privately-owned floodplain properties between DNM and <br />Pariette. The following are criteria are considered to determine <br />which landowners to contact first: <br /> <br />1. Property located within the 100-year floodplain. <br />2. The most "floodable" properties will be targeted first (i.e., <br />properties which flood at the lowest flows; determined by <br />aerial photos, and 1993 High Flow Damage Assessment surveys). <br />3. No known contaminants problems (based on existing data). <br />4. Surface acreage. <br /> <br />Based on these criteria, on the Bottomlands Reconnaissance <br />Inventory, and on results of the 1993 High Flow Damage Assessment <br />surveys, lists of private and Tribal lands have been compiled as a <br /> <br />4 <br />