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Cobble Embeddedness: 5 <br /> Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity: 5 <br /> Large Woody Debris: 5 <br /> Overbank Cover: 5 <br />Riparian Vegetation Mean Score: 4.8 <br />Lower Riparian Zone Plant Cover: 4 <br /> Upper Riparian Zone Plant Cover: 4 <br /> Shrub Demography and Recruitment: 5 <br /> Tree Demography and Recruitment: 5 <br /> Non-native Herbaceous Plant Species: 5 <br /> Non-native Woody Plant Species: 5 <br /> Mammalian Herbivory on Ground Cover: 5 <br /> Mammalian Herbivory on Shrubs and Small Trees: 5 <br />Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Mean Score: 4.5 <br /> Shrub Patch Density: 4 <br /> Mid-canopy Patch Density: 5 <br /> Upper Canopy Patch Density: 4 <br /> Fluvial Habitat Diversity: 5 <br /> The stream here is relatively small and has a medium to high gradient. It is located just below the <br />diversion for Weber Reservoir, although at the time of the survey no water was being removed from the <br />stream. It is surrounded by aspen and spruce-fir forests. There are some impacts from the construction of <br />the diversion and ditch, but these are minor. There is a small jeep road just downstream from the lower <br />end of the reach. There is also limited livestock grazing, but this appears to have minimal impact. Almost <br />all features were rated as very good or excellent, and geomorphicly consistent. Fish, possibly native cut- <br />throat trout, were seen in the reach. It is excellent habitat for native trout. There are beaver dams just <br />upstream from the area surveyed. Riparian vegetation recruitment is good, and there are almost no non- <br />native plants (no non-native shrubs or trees were observed). There is some incision of the channel, but <br />this is geomorphicly consistent for streams with this high gradient. <br /> This reach is in excellent condition overall and can serve as a reference reach for similar size and <br />gradient streams in this elevation range in the Mancos Watershed. <br />3. West Mancos River, Above Mesa Verde Pipeline Diversion <br />Location of beginning of reach: 12 S 0746479 East, 4149234 North <br />Elevation: 2526 meters (8285 feet) <br />References Photos: Figure 9 A, B <br />Aerial Location Photo: Figure 10 <br />Overall Score: 4.1 <br />Individual Area Scores: <br />Water Quality Mean Score: 4.1 <br /> Algal Growth: 5 <br /> Channel Shading: 3 <br />Hydrogeomorphology Mean Score: 3.2 <br /> Floodplain Connection: 1 <br /> Vertical Bank Stability: 5 <br /> Hydraulic Habitat Diversity: 4 <br />30 <br />