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<br />~---~~ - i <br />Water from the spawning channel was designed to seep into the adjacent <br />8-acre wet meadow to provide wetland hydrology to the area, which was drying <br />out and becoming vegetated with weeds. Riverbank stabilization was completed <br />along 400' of river bank that had severe erosion and vertical bands using boul- I <br />ders, tree. revetment, rock placement, topsoil placement, tree planting, shrub I <br />planting, willow planting, biodegradable erosion control fabric and seeding. <br /> <br />Results: Work was completed in the early spring of 1997. The spawning <br />channel looks natural, carries a perennial flow, and provides a potential trout- <br />spawning habitat. Water seeping from the channel has restored hydrology to the <br />8-acre wet meadow wetlands. Average flow in the channel is five cubic feet per <br />second (cfs) with the water source being ponds and irrigation ditches. Planting of <br />native trees, shrubs and willows has enhanced riparian habitat. Bank stabilization <br />along the Roaring Fork River is successful, with stable vegetated banks now <br />existing where eroded and vertical banks previously occurred. <br /> <br /> <br />Bank stabilization along Roaring Fork <br /> <br /> <br />Trout spawning channel and wet meadow <br /> <br />----~----- Driving Guide . Colorado Watershed 35 <br />