9389

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9389
• Author: Birchell, G. J., K. Chrisopherson, C. Crosby, T. Crowl, J. Gourley, M. Townsend, S. Goeking, T. Modde, M. Fuller and P. Nelson.
• Title: The Levee Removal Project
• USFW Year: 2002.
• USFW - Doc Type: Assessment of Floodplain Habitat Restoration in the Middle Green River.
• Copyright Material: NO

flow from channel, c) during flood :floodplain empties as river recedes,
but d) retains more water than during the pre -flood period. ........6.20
Figure 7.1. Illustration of the transects that ran across each excavated site: parallel to
the river channel on the river side, through the center, and on the
floodplain side of the cut . ..................................7.20
Figure 7.2. Vegetation classification map of Ouray National Wildlife Refuge 1996.7.21
Figure 7.3. Cover type map of Baeser Bend site based on 1996 aerial photos... 7.22
Figure 7.4. Cover type map of Bonanza Bridge site based on 1996 aerial photos. 7.23
Figure 7.5. Cover type map of Above Brennan site based on 1996 aerial photos. 7.24
Figure 7.6. Cover type map of Horseshoe Bend site based on 1996 aerial photos.7.25
Figure 7.7. Cover type map of Johnson/J4 site based on 1996 aerial photos. ...7.26
Figure 7.8. Cover type map of Leota/L10 site based on 1996 aerial photos. ....7.27
Figure 7.9. Cover type map of Old Charlie Diked site based on 1996 aerial
photos . ................................................7.28
Figure 7.10. Cover type map of The Stirrup site based on 1996 aerial photos. ...7.29
Figure 7.11. Colonization of the Bonanza Bridge excavation site, June 1998 -
September 1999 ..........................................7.30
Figure 7.12. Colonization of the Baeser Bend excavation site, June 1998 -September
1999 ...................................................7.31
Figure 7.13. Percent cover of each vegetation type in the Bonanza-Ouray study
reach . .................................................7.32
Figure 7.14. Percent cover of each vegetation type at the Bonanza Bridge floodplain
and levee excavation site ...................................7.33
Figure 7.15. Percent cover of each vegetation type at the Horseshoe Bend floodplain
and levee excavation site ...................................7.34
Figure 7.16. Percent cover of each vegetation type at The Stirrup floodplain and levee
excavation site . ..........................................7.35
Figure 7.17. Percent cover of each vegetation type at the Baeser Bend floodplain and
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