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Summary <br />The Roclcy Mountain Field hnstitute (R1VIF'I) and its partners successfully completed an <br />erosion control and restoration project within the upper Sl~i Creek Watershed, Pikes Peak, <br />CO. The Upper Ski Creek Watershed Erosiof~ C,of~trol crf~d Reston°atios~ Pf•oject-Phcrse 1 is <br />the second project to be completed as part of the Pikes Peak Watershed Restoration <br />Project, alarge-scale, multi-year effort to address severe sedimentation and erosion <br />impacts caused by stormwater nu7off from the Pikes Peak Highway and improve the <br />ecological health of areas impacted within the watershed. The project is located on Pikes <br />Peak, renowned as "America's Mountain", just west of Colorado Springs, CO. This final <br />report outlines all project deliverables and fulfills Task 3 of the Scope of Work: Flood <br />Hazard Mitigation and Watershed Restoration Fund 2007 - 2008 for the Upper Slci Creek <br />Project. Tlus project is a cooperative effort between the Roclcy Mountain Field Institute <br />(R1VIF'I), a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization, the Pikes Peak Chapter of the Sierra Club, the <br />City of Colorado Springs, and the USDA Forest Service. <br />To address the severe sedimentation and erosion impacts in the upper Slci Creek <br />Watershed, R1VIF'I and its partners constructed 18 cross-vane structures and completed <br />1700' of bank stabilization of the main upper Ski Creek channel as well as 1075' of bank <br />stabilization and chamiel control in two tributary gullies feeding into Sla Creek. In <br />addition, over 8,600 sq/ft of erosion control matting and one-half acre of seed and soil <br />amendment were applied to restore degraded areas adjacent to the channels. hi all, <br />volunteers and interns contributed 714 hours to the project and a Roclcy Mountain Youth <br />Corps team was contracted for another 760 hours. Post-project monitoring of the erosion <br />control and vegetation prescriptions implemented this past sununer was completed and <br />will continue for the next three years to show that the prescriptions are performing to <br />expectations and are reducing sediment transport within the upper Ski Creek Watershed. <br />Success of this project would not have been possible without the financial support of the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board, the National Forest Foundation, and the Pikes Peak <br />Fund. <br />