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<br />., <br /> <br />purposes reduced its sinuosity and contributed to its channel instability. A C3 channel type has been <br />considered the restoration objective. <br /> <br />Several members of the working group now propose that the North Fork between Paonia and Hotchkiss <br />may always have been a braided channel, at least in some reaches. This suggests the need for further <br />analysis before additional large-scale restoration projects are planned and implemented. <br /> <br />The tour ended at mid-day, with the group agreeing to meet next on Wednesday, November 10, 1999 <br />from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m., at the Delta NRCS offices. Materials from EPA providing comments on <br />watershed restoration action strategies developed under the Clean Water Action Plan'are included with <br />these minutes and will be discussed at the meeting in conjunction with NFRIA's effort to develop a <br />watershed action plan. <br /> <br />We will also discuss a possible mapping project for the North Fork proposed by Kirk Vincent using all <br />available photographs since the 1930s to track the changes in the North Fork channel, to map these <br />changes, and to use approximate ages of cottonwoods on channel islands and riparian areas to help assess <br />changes. <br /> <br />Finally, we will discuss a possible session with NFRIA's board and interested members of the community <br />discussing what is known about the river's hydrology, geomorphology, water quality, and aquatic life and <br />about the adjacent riparian habitat. <br /> <br />'~ <br /> <br />\ <br />