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<br />WHITE RIVER - Rio Blanco County, Colorado. It flows <br />through timbered areas, haylands, and pa~turelands. The <br />study area consists of 7 sites for a total of 31,600 feet <br />(5.98 mi les) of stream. The loss of farmed land, riparian <br />areas, loss of and damage to irrigation structures, and <br />damage to bridge embankments are examples of types and <br />extent of damages. <br /> <br />The proposed measures for improvement included rock <br />riprap, anchored trees, rock jetties, jacks, vegetated <br />buffer strips, vegetative sprig revetment, and riparian <br />zones. <br /> <br /> <br />Streambank eorsion damaging irrigation pump on White River <br />Photography by Jim Thornton, SCS, Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />36 <br />