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<br />Maybell (MI 82-70) <br />This river reach passes through predominantly irrigated agricultural <br />land. However, the river is less impacted by manmade structures. The upper <br />section at RMI 81.4 has long stretches of run habitat with quiet vegetated <br />shoreline, with eddys occurring along the shorelines. Downstream at RMI 81.1 <br />is a large embayment created by a point bar which angles downstream along the <br />right shoreline (Figure 3). 'the river current is directed away from 100m of <br />quiet vegetated shoreline. Further downstream at WI 80.8, a sharp meander <br />creates a 13-14 feet deep pool. other large pools with associated eddys occur <br />at Ms 79, 77, 76 and 71.6. <br />The Maybell river reach has a diverse mixture of fall and winter habitat <br />types consisting of deep pools, eddys, vegetated embayments and shorelines. <br />High-water habitat is not as abundant as it is in the Government Bridge <br />area. Flooded tributary streams, irrigation returns, and shoreline vegetation <br />are frequently used by squawfish as are eddys at island tips during the run- <br />off period (Wick et al. 1986). <br />Lily Park (MI 54-511 <br />This river segment contains <br />than any river segment on the up <br />53) has high-gradient riffles w] <br />Frown MU 53-52.5 there is a <br />substrates. This segment also <br />behind boulder jetties. Just al <br />river braids into several side ch <br />Below the bridge, the river slows <br />and sand. Several side channel <br />lower portions of the study area. <br />more quality pool and eddy habitat per mile <br />per Yampa River. The upper portion (IM 54- <br />Lich cut deep (8-15 foot) pools and eddys. <br />Long run-pool sequence with large boulder <br />has some low velocity shoreline embayments <br />ove County Road 24 Bridge at RMI 52.5, the <br />annels which contain some small eddy habitat. <br />and substrate size decreases to small gravel <br />backwaters and eddy habitats are located in <br />High-flow runoff habitat consists only of large eddys in the upper <br />portion of this area. During the spring, high flows create low-gradient side <br />channels and flooded backwaters in the lower portion of the area. The Little <br />Snake River enters the Yampa at WE 51. <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />