BOARD01547

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2001
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Discussion on Future Policy Regarding the Yuma Disaster Plant
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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amosa River . estorafion Proiect
(Project goals) "a:
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~. s.ta,}~ll:i!-.~ theAlamosa Ri~~!by C1~r~~s.lng........
sediment g,.bank erosion, a~da;n,a1!~s to
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<.' irrigation e;{landf roa s,'an IJr~ geJ>'-
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. Raise the level of the stream and the local water
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~prove ~iparian healfh by rep'lanting -
v~tation and by using altern~ti:e grazing
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.. Impro.ye a~uat~if~ hab~ .- . . 't
Monitor ~~e5;fOf the project and d~e'lelo~St;
long.termBMP's with participants so that tHe
stream's stability ca c, b? aintained

Fountain Creek Flood of 1992'f',
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r'::'4WillOvJ':Cr1!l!f(''Watershed~ . ~ -~
. Restoration Proiect
(Follr component. of project to 501v.. wat..~hed problems without EPA
Superfurnldesignation)

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. Mmmg contamma"ti()!n upstream of Creede
(especially on West Willow <;'reek) .
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. Ensuring that flooiiwaters from upstream Of,
Creede enter the Willow Creek flume through .~
creede"
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. Rehabilitation and restoration of the Willow
Creek flume through Creede

. Restoration of Willow Creek downstream of
the flume, through the mine tailings, all the way
to the Rio Grande

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Agric-ulturallands eroded b).' Fountain Creek - Pueblo County

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