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<br />agriculturalsustainabilityand the t&i:al quality 6f life. ',NFRIAislIiOd1ri1fiumty"lettrestol'Rtiongt'ouVt1fe"litea.te'iil
<br />tomeetusll demands ontne riverwhileirilprovingstre'aIll: stal?liXity,riparilfu l\'lld wetland habitatsani~.t;~lJ91s~~tem
<br />funoti0ll. .NFRl.A. su,p'parfs' 'loJ:1.g"termi'.o~$t-effectiveproj~~tsithat'in1l?toveWl\.tet','(j.1l:ali~~,' clian:nel.~t!1:mlt~mlt4
<br />wet1and;haliitats,divert irrlgllitil'ln water, increase in-stream flowS and redlIce,cl.iteh tri:a,intertanoe.' The ",. ,'. '.
<br />Universi:trofCl'llopado~Dertver has reodgnized NFRIAfur its.eonsensus'buil'&itrg andcollaboratived~~E!i,Q1t
<br />ma:kingeffortsrelatedto,localsuStirlna1Jl-e.developmentVo1it<ies. 'The~i'UA'liaspu,ttogether aWateJfs}ij;e~ ','
<br />acticm plan that1\.as, identi1ied,12,miles(ff high priorlty.areas in needofrestoration(the watershedl,l.eti,o,l!li,pl'!li1
<br />OCiwerS a .rptuel\larglilr reach from 1:heU]Jstream Paonh\ReServci>ir totJi!e@m!IlisortI&ver;c?nf1ueIJ,Oe,. ']I~el,giil~s
<br />and ob.jeotives'0'ftlUsproposedprGjeet.are,similarin'naweto,tliie'demons1iat[l'llI/tiroject,.but',largerin~pe'
<br />The goalis tl'lbuild a coUaborativeeffortto rehabilitate a U-inileriver segmt::nttha:thasbeen devl!stated' fl:at.n
<br />decades ofchann.elizationand ertcrQac1lrt1ent.
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<br />N'FRIA is oilrrently working on a variety-of otherrelatedprojects throughoutthewaterShed. They are. "
<br />c00rdinathtg with C010rado,State Ul1iversityExtension Coope:rative and the .Western Slope Envh'onmental
<br />ResouroeCl'luoci1 to manage a volunteer water qualitymonitpring, pmgratl)..The datacollectedinthis'J1lrog\1a:.m
<br />are sellt to the Colorado DeptofHea:1th:and theEP A for insertion ii1tl'lanai'io!1lfl'database and are JikeWise
<br />distributed throughout theconununity. NFRlA is sponsoringand,partieivati1l'g inastudy todetermili:eth;e
<br />effects ofPaonia Damon restoration efforts downstream. Cllllorado State Uttiversi:ty'sDept ofEartlt'$'eiel!).ees is
<br />heading upthe reselll'eh and theColoraaoWater ConseryationBl'lardprimarily funds it. . " .
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<br />AlterJ.Iatives,to the PtoposedPr<jject.
<br />. Alternative 1- No Action. ,Underthisll1ternative noFedera1(Corps)actionwould be ta:keFl to'teat~.l'e ,tlj.e
<br />'enviranIOentalprob1emsiderttifred. ,The no action ll1tern~tive reflectschanges'that'llIeexpectedt0"jiCQur '
<br />withoutproje9t action" These,changes include: contii1ue~;rosses of irttpo'rtartt aquatic, wet1andan\l:t\Va.rfili1
<br />vegetation and habitat as the result l'lf continued river widening due toseve'rebaiik erasion and: frtl)l'ea.~e'(l.
<br />sediment,irtcreasedembeddednessoftheriver, artdobsttuction offish andve~ser passage. The yeatly
<br />construction cost of the temporary diversions will corttinueUrttil the substrate materiatsare no longer .
<br />availa\lle. When substrate material is.,no longer available" eosts are eXpected todrl\lil1l1itical1y:inct\J~ed'll:e. to
<br />the need to import material. '
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