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....i"--~ Boulder County, Lower Boulder Creek and Coal Creek Recon Colorado Springs, Recon Confluence Park, Monument and Fountain Creek Trinidad, Longs Canyon Creek Recon Sep 2002 Sep 2002 Tenninated The project is located along Lower Boulder Creek and its tributary Coal Creek in Boulder County. The project would re-establish the appropriately configured active channel, attendant floodplain, meander pattern, and stream gradient. Riparian areas would be revegetated to enhance bank stability and ecological function. In-stream structures and an enhanced riffle/pool complex would enhance cover for native fish species. The Lower Boulder Creek and Coal Creek Open Space Master Plan envisions preserving existing wetlands and creating other wetlands via partial diversion of stream flows. The sponsor-owned Kenosha gravel mine could be converted to a wetland and energy dissipation basin. Coal Creek base flows, which primarily comprise gray~water from upstream wastewater facilities, might be diverted and filtered through this wetland basin prior to its outfall near the project limits. Appropriate native plant species would be planted along the stream, wetlands, and uplands to improve habitat diversity and attempt to create a continuous riparian corridor. The proposed project is located directly upstream of the confluence of Monument and Fountain Creeks in Colorado Springs. CO. The project consists of a series of grade restoration structures. wetland development, and riparian plantings. Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department City of Colorado Springs The project was located along 5 miles of Longs Spanish Peaks- Canyon Creek, a right bank tributary of the Purgatoire Soil Purgatoire River immediately upstream of and Water Trinidad Reservoir, CO. The project consisted of Conservation meander development, bank stabilization, and District riparian vegetation establishment. Recon phase: $10000: Feasibility phase is estimated to cost $480,000 $10,000 $10,000 $7.6 million Not Available $573,000 The draft Preliminary Restoration Plan is nearly complete. The feasibility report is scheduled to begin in November 2003. Albuquerque District will submit the Preliminary Restoration Plan to SPD for review and approval in September 2002. in May 2002, the project was terminated at the request of the local sponsor. Considering the effects of oil and gas development to the riparian corridor, the sponsor did not feel they would be able to carry out the operation and maintenance requirements.