FLOOD10357

• Document ID: 123
• County: Rio Grande
• Stream Name: Alamosa River
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Sub-Basin: Alamosa - Trinchera
• Water Division: 3
• Title: Alamosa River Watershed Project Literature and Watershed Assesment, Final EPA Report
• Date: 9/30/2003
• Prepared For: Valle del Sol Community Center
• Prepared By: US Environmental Protection Agency
• Watershed Pro - Doc Type: Project Report

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Table of Contents

Project Introduction
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Project Description
1.2 Project Purpose

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Natural Resource Damages
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Natural Resource Damages
2.2 Natural Resource Damage Trustees
2.3 Natural Resource Damage Process
2.4 Assessment and Discussion

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The Rio Grande Basin and Alamosa River Watershed
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Rio Grande Basin
3.2 The Alamosa River Watershed
3.3 Watershed Public Involvement
3.3.1 Alamosa River Foundation Board
3.3.2 Alamosa Riverkeeper
3.3.3 Alamosa River Watershed Project
3.3.4 National Conservation Resource Service (NRCS)
3.3.5 Summitville Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
3.4 Land Use
3.4.1 Bureau of Land Management
3.4.2. United States Forest Service
3.5 Mining
3.6 Ecological CommunitiesNegetation
3.7 Timber Harvesting
3.8 Climate
3.9 Air Quality
3.10 General Geologic Setting
3.11 Soils
3.12 Wildlife and Threatened Species
3.13 Biological Diversity
3.14 Assessment and Discussion

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Alamosa River Watershed Water Resources
4.0 Introduction
4.1 General Water Resources/Basin Hydrology
4.1.1 Gaging Stations
4.2 Groundwater
4.3 Water Rights
4.4 Instream Flow Issues
4.5 Stream Classifications and Standards
4.6 Use Attainability Analysis
4.7 Proposed Water Quality Standards Changes
4.8 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

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