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SECTION 2 - HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT ALTER STREAM CORRIDORS <br />Recreation <br /> <br />'7? <br />0 <br />0 <br />ar <br />m <br />n <br />m <br />z <br />t <br />Cherry Creek Bike Path <br />C? <br />Y <br />How Recreation Alters Stream <br />Corridors <br />• Building paved or gravel trails in <br />riparian areas <br />• Building access roads, campgrounds, <br />trailheads, and parking areas in <br />riparian areas <br />• Creating social trails along stream <br />banks <br />Effects of Recreation <br />• Replacement of vegetation with trails, <br />access roads, trailheads, and parking <br />areas <br />• Displacement of sensitive wildlife <br />species such as Cooper's hawks <br />• Fragmentation of blocks of forest or <br />woodland habitat with roads and trails <br />• Disturbance along trails, roads and <br />around parking areas facilitates <br />invasion of noxious weeds <br />Lessening Our Negative Impact <br />• Build new trails, trailheads, access <br />roads, and parking areas on uplands <br />outside of or on the edges of riparian <br />areas <br />• Keep trails and roads out of excellent <br />condition riparian areas altogether <br />26 <br />South Platte Canyon