8018

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8018
• Author: Irving, D. B. and B. D. Burdick.
• Title: Reconnaissance Inventory and Prioritization of Existing and Potential Bottomlands in the Upper Colorado River Basin 1993-1994.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

Table F.2.), were scored and ranked according to the five-step prioritization
procedure.
Green River Drainage
There were 132 bottomland habitat sites inventoried in the Green, one
site in the Yampa, and two sites in the White River. The highest rank was "1"
and the lowest rank "19". Bottomland habitats between Pariette Draw and
Escalante Ranch (32 sites, rm 238-310 [rkm 383-499]) were the top ranked sites
(1-11)(Table 2; Figure 6). There were tie-scores for several sites; hence
several sites had identical ranks. Bottomland habitats in the Ouray National
Wildlife Refuge (6 sites, rm 249-265 [rkm 401-427]) contained the highest
ranked (1st and 2nd) sites. The Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge (8
sites, rm 368-393 [rkm 592-633]) sites ranked 12th-14th, followed by lower
ranked (17th-18th) sites from Pariette Draw downstream to the Green and
Colorado river confluence (92 sites, rm 0-238 [rkm 0-383]). The one Yampa
Table 2. The top 11 ranked bottomland sites adjacent to the Green River (GR),
1993. Refer to Appendix F; Tables F-1 to F-3 for a complete list of
ranked sites in the Green River sub-basin.
Rank General Area Site Description River: River Mile
1 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Johnson Bottom, Ouray NWR GR: 263.0-265.0
1 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Leota Pond Complex, Ouray NWR GR: 257.0.262.0
2 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Little Stewart Lake GR: 295.5-297.5
2 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Brennan Bottom GR: 262.0-266.0
2 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Wyasket Lake, Ouray NWR GR: 253.0-257.0
2 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Sheppard Bottom, Ouray NWR GR: 254.0-256.0
2 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Old Charlie Wash (main)/Woods Bottom, Ouray NWR GR: 249.0-252.0
2 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Old Charlie Wash (diked)/Woods Bottom, Ouray NWR GR: 249.0-250.0
3 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Stewart Lake GR: 299.0-300.0
3 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Ashley Creek confluence area GR: 297.0-298.5
4 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Escalante Ranch GR: 302.5-309.5
4 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Meril Snow Ranch GR: 302.0-303.0
4 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Gravel Ponds at Jensen GR: 301.0-302.0
4 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Spring Hollow GR: 295.0-296.0
5 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Bonanza Bridge Area GR: 288.5-289.0
5 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Collier Draw GR: 285.5-286.5
6 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Walker Hollow GR: 294.0-295.0
6 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Alhandra Ferry Site GR: 292.0-294.0
6 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Gravel Pits GR: 292.0-293.0
7 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Mouth of Willow Creek GR: 239.0-241.0
7 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Pariette Draw GR: 238.0.241.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Downstream of Baeser Bend GR: 269.0-272.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Upstream of Brennan Bottom GR: 267.0-269.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Upstream of Brennan Bottom GR: 266.0-267.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Ouray Ute pasture land GR: 248.0-251.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Duchesne River confluence area GR: 248.0-249.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch White River confluence area GR: 248.0-249.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch West Branch area GR: 243.0-247.0
8 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Tia Juana Bottom GR: 242.0-244.0
9 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Hamacker Bottom/Baeser Bend GR: 271.0.274.0
10 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch The Stirrup GR: 274.0-277.0
11 Pariette Draw to Escalante Ranch Horseshoe Bend Area GR: 277.0-284.0
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