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Mancos Watershed - 14080107
<br />~ddendums Yo The Rapid ~Z~atershed assessment
<br />History" of the 1\Iancos Rig"er Corridor-Br llarih•n C'~hx~r; piiQe "-1 DO
<br />Ill ~OOC~. 1\Iarilyn Colter, supervisol~~ biolu~ical teclulician at IvIesa Verde National Park, and along-tinge Mancos Valley Resident.
<br />wrote a valuable histolti_ of the I\Iancos Ricer Valley. The comprehensn-e narrative slru-es observations o~-er time ofmane acts?ns
<br />that pace affected the caller 's natLlral resources, from malathion sprlyvlg in the 60's to plowing up of scrublands fur hat fields to
<br />wildlife population studies This ettensive documentation covers obsel~~ations of songbird, amphibian, and other wildlife
<br />populate>ns, ~,"egetation and vernal pool distribution.. as cell as tl-aclcillg land L><se and nlvnership transfers.
<br />1\Iesa Verde Natural Resources R-iorih" Checklist Br Geor;e Sale _Lli,;rrel, pii;e 1 DI
<br />ireor~e San 1V~liguel, Natural Resource IvIana~er for Mesa Verde National Park, wrote a summalti~ of natural resource priorities for
<br />the park To clew this sumnlal~", please click here.
<br />ilte 1\Iountain hte Tribe -Bi• Scorr Clolc, TTater Orralih~ S7~ecialisr frith the Eln•iml~rrrental I'rrrg7Yn97S Deparirrrel~t, Ute llorrl~tain
<br />t~?e Tribe, pa;e 10~-11~'
<br />Sli~htly over half of the 1\Iancos Watershed landmass falls ~cithln the tTte I\Iountain t?te Resercatlon boundaries _~11 ocereiew of
<br />the priman envirolunental concerns as documented be the Tribe's Ens"iromllent Resource I>epartlnent reports that selenlLUU levels
<br />cOllllll~ C~Llt i?1 Na~'a~i? ~~ aSll, a prllllal"~ t1lbLltar~' tO the 1`Iallci?s RiVel, fire at dallgerOL1S1~ ]llgll levels The OVel~`le\T' also Cllst;usseS
<br />the threats to their fisheries, the challenges posed by erosion from forest fire areas along the eastern escarl?went of Mesa Verde
<br />National Park, and from upstream diversion.
<br />11lancos Valle}" ~~"stet Cou~~ersious -page 113-14
<br />In an effort to acconun~?date the ~~ro«"tll of the I~IBnci~s V811e~-, Itlancus Rural Water c'ompan~- and the Mancos ~[ titer (,i~nservanc~
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<br />11lancos Ri~~er Riparian Corridor Study"-~~• Dl•. Pcrer Stacel", Resecirc7~ Prnfessr~r, L~nil~ersit~" nf,~~eu~_lle~7co Broln~~•
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<br />In Tune of '006.. the Itldncos Consereatxul Distract hued Dr Pete Stace~~ to 1?erform an evaluation of the Rldueos River ripanan
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<br />1?rotocoL Dr. Stacey- studied 17 reaches 81om~ the River includln~~ a reach akm~ Chicken ~ ".reek and on the It~Iesa ~~ erde National
<br />Park reach of the veer The fnTe~ ecosystem criteria used «-ere ~ 11 «-stet qudht~~dnd pollution ~'1 sh~ednl chalule~l and flood 1?lean
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<br />el'Ot1C OT 11011-118t1~'e SI?e~C1e~S, dllil , ~ 1 SLllt81?lht~- dS had?ltdt fOr telTeStTldl wlldhfe, 111C1Udlllg tllredteileCl Or el1d811gered Sl?e~le5-
<br />The sur~-e~- sites were selected accordnh to geomorl?holog~" and overall rapre~se~ntation of a particLilar area- They- «~ ere performed
<br />thrOU~'10L1t the watershed I?e~llllllll`~ Ul?Stredlll tit rill eld~'dt1011 Of dpi?rC?ti 5,O~U ft 8114 e1lChllg Oil ItleSd `erCle NatlOllal Pdrlc ldlld tit
<br />apl?ruz_ 6,OC)0 ft elegy"dtxul-
<br />(_1Llr 1?re11111111a1Z' fll1t1111~.T,S llOte that the 11IdI1~OS ~ alley hdS d Lllllgtle Ol?pOrtllllity h? re9tOre SOllle h1~~111F ll11pdCCeil Ci?rr1dOTS 8114
<br />protect tz-hat apl?ears to be overall, faith- healthy, e~pecialh~ when compared to sunilar soutlnvestern riparian areas.
<br />The East Forh of the 1\iancos Ri~"er
<br />The Mancos kit~er forms t111ee chamlels from its ori~~llLS in kush Basnl, the East Fork, l\liddle Forlti, and Nest Furk Clue of these,
<br />the East Fork, has tip to twentt legacc mine sites. The East Fork is listed on the Colorado state list of impaired water bodies. C>cer
<br />the course of assenlbllllg this watershed assessment, zee ha~-e found at least four different water qualit~~ sriulies done on the East
<br />Forh. One was a Sao Juan National Forest Service Stud" performed in 1094. One tcas a plaster's Thesis project dune in ~'OU3 by
<br />a student from Arizona State 1?niversity- ~ third stLUly was a joint 1?n~~ect beriveen the i_?S Forest Sen-ice and the T_TSITS ~ fourth
<br />study was dune be the Colorado DPHE in ?O0> at the request of a landowner who noticed ~Treen water nl the East Forh.
<br />Please contact Felicitc Broennan at fzlicit<to~-s~~r~hotluail.com if ~-ou arz intzrzstzd in laa>,7>,in~ morn about these
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