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<br />b. Relationship between healthy rivers and healthy fisheries. Intact watersheds are usually <br />the richest in species health. This map shows the White River National Forest in <br />Colorado. This Forest constitutes only 4 percent of the land base of the Colorado River <br />Basin, but its watersheds contribute 16% of the flow measured at Lees Ferry AZ. The <br />Forest Service rates only 31 of the 121 watersheds as Functional. Of those, 69% are in <br />designated wilderness and roadless areas. <br /> <br /> <br />.,'hit" Riv~r National Forest <br />'Watershed H"allh <br /> <br />~ W",.im..", <br />~i:...\\~~ ~'lnJlp~ ....n... <br /> <br />--- RI'l'l"1'":I <br />... w"" <br /> <br />lV.Jtof'nihc-d Cnndltinn Rilling, <br />CJ FI.I.rw;:Iu.....r\4Il ~ <br />. All"'" .-., <br />. N..;.n-r:un,:lir..~ ~... "~'. <br /> <br />.::-.:::" ~~~ <br />~~\' ~~'. > <br />~, ...., ~~y~ <br />"4~" & <br />~~~~,~~ <br />.$~'~' <br /> <br />111 <br /> <br />Source: Where the Wild Lands Are: Colorado, a report produced by Trout Unlimited in 2005 and <br />available on line at www.tu.or,\!. <br /> <br />c. Relationship between contaminated water and unproductive land. While not an <br />ecosystem value, per se, it is important to note that the converse is also true. Whether <br />from over-irrigation with salty, selenium-laced water, or from the unregulated discharge <br />of highly contaminated ground water produced during energy extraction, productive <br />farmlands can become un-useable due to bad water. <br />