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Mancos Watershed - 14080107 <br />1\iallcos Cans oil. Numerous slllall side <br />canvous and ephemeral j~ ashes enter the ri~•er <br />from the surrounding mesas. The ~~racliant is <br />relati~+/hr lo~~-, and the channel ~-arias in ~~idth <br />and depth. There is considerable sediment ant) <br />on1~- small cobbles on the bottom to~ti and the <br />upper reach. The rig-erbanl~s consist primarily <br />of fina anti medium seclilllents, allcl there is <br />considerable nleanclering of the chalulel <br />jti-itllin the flood plain. Native riparian <br />vegetation illehules ~~-illow alxl Freeluont <br />cottonjvoocl, anti junipers are conlnlon along <br />the side of the cans-on. <br />2006 Forestinsect8 Disease <br />Aspen Doto~iation by, Douglas Fir Beetle <br />Large Aspen Iona <br />Forest Tent Catcr <br />il ar 1lounlian Pine Beetle <br />p <br />Idarssonina Blight Bubalpine Fir FAOrlahty by', <br />W 9lampsora Rusis Western Basalm Bart. Beetle <br /> 0.rm lllaria Roct Disease <br />.~t1tS101~eSt ele~'at1011S, -1~~){)-C~~nl), the ~ / rr3 '~~ ~~; n~T~1 <br />., <br />Sect1011 betl`-eell the 111011th Ot 2\Ia11c0S Ca11~-011 ~ <br />/ r~ € <br />!>' yti , ,;^' #"~~~, <br />a11C1 the C011flUellce TGlth the Sali Jllall River ~ <br />- _ __ ~I ~i v r _` ~~ 1~/ W` <br />_ .__ <br />. MEW Nf <br />~ <br /> <br />on the Litz T\Iountain i_Jte Tribe, the liver has a YiCO <br />j __ <br />11 ;_,. <br />` ~`" _ <br />lO~v gradlellt, the C11a1ll1e11S Z`-1de alld SlldllOli, <br />jGlth a 1'eglllar llleallCler patte171. ~IOSt 0f the <br />ba111iS CO11S1St either Ot eTpOSed bedrOCli Or tllle Sed1111e11tS, 111Cllldlllg j`lllCl-b10~`-11 Salld. The SllrrOUlldlllg <br />~--'egetat101115 (_ireat )3aS111 desert Slirllb. The 1)111 11a1Z- rlparlall ~--'egetat1011 apl)eal'S t0 be 1~-1110PGS alld Salt <br />` <br />Cedar. <br />:aquatic habitat health: The Mancos River at the lots-er elegy°ations has populations of Flaluiel month <br />slickers and short-tailed chub, both Native fish species, managed b~- the I\Iesa Verde National Parl: and <br />by the i?te 2\Iountain L?te Tribz respectivel~~. Ho~ve~-er, portions of the river regularly cll~ up below the <br />Valley during the suuuner months ~`-hen agriculhlralists cliyert jyater for crops Fish have hacl to be <br />relnovecl and taken to hatcheries several <br />times in the past decades daring the <br />sununer in order to survive. <br />Higher in the ~`-aterslled, the I\lidcllz anti <br />`~~est forl~s of the river support healthy <br />trout populations. Hojvever, the East Fork <br />is a 303-c1 listed river, alxl is basically <br />dead. <br />1\Iancos Riyer tlojv is clominatecl by <br />precipitation falling on higher ele~~ations <br />in the northeast portion of the tyatershecl, <br />in the San Juan National Forest. The East, <br />1\Iiclcile, anti ~~'est branches of the 1\Iancos <br />IZiyer anti Clliclcen Creek drain these <br />higher precipitation areas. Mud Creel: <br />drains the loj`-er elegy ations in the <br />lu)rtlnti-est. The lover valley is cliviclecl by <br />~~'eber anti I\Ieuefee I~Iolultains, bet~yeen <br />~vllicll the ~~-eber Drainage tlojti-s, as a result of irrigation overtlo~v. The colltluellce of the I~Iallcos Rig=zr <br />ulcl ~~'eber drainage nlarl:s the loz`-er end. of the Valley. Inunecliately belo~y the -alley is the border jyith <br />Mesa ~'ercle National Parr, and four miles clo«-llstream is the I_ite l~IOUntain Litz Resel~-atioll. Silt< <br />set-en miles of river nul tluough the resel~ ation. The last mile or so of the river null tlu-ough the Nair°ajo <br />ration, tyhere it meets the San Juan Riyer. <br />