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<br />Methods: Best Management Practices are being implemented by CDOT <br />to capture sand and stabilize the eroded banks through revegetation. Federal high- <br />way funds are currently being used to stabilize slopes and to install sediment <br />ponds along the drainage. Concrete check dams have been constructed to provide <br />a stronger and more resistant method of capturing runotf under the adverse envi- <br />ronmental conditions existing in this area. <br /> <br />Results: The check dams have been successful in filtering much of the <br />sand and highway runoff before it can reach the creek. As the result of funding <br />from a 319 Grant and other projects initiated as part of an overall watershed <br />effort to address sediment loading in Straight Creek, it is likely that these etforts <br />will lead to improved water quality. As the stream banks continue to stabilize, <br />and sediment loading is reduced, downstream water quality should continue to <br />Improve. <br /> <br /> <br />Sedimentation Pond <br /> <br />Driving Guide . Colorado Watershed 27 <br />