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<br />The hi~~wr rld~(.s have ("(:miter ,,,,,i asnen while 10"'H "r~a< have
<br />j\l~lp~r alld ri"yM. lnt~r<p,'rsed '>lith s.1i:"orLlsh. '.'il10w.; a.~d c()tton"'~o(\s
<br />~n"" "lon~ tilt <Cr~"ms. Thor" t8 also so.,~ irrl~"t("d croul;l~d at lo'...-,r
<br />elev"t 1""8 alor.\( ~he st r~a",8,
<br />Th", cow,,"s of Para("hut". on ?ar"ch~H Creek, and Deoeqltc, on Roa"
<br />Creek, are the only co"""-u,,ltics In tho< ,>"si"s. They an sit\",e"d adjac,'ne
<br />~o ~h., ""'-in channels ""ar their coni lue.~ces ",ith the Colorado River.
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<br />~Darro"', black-headed <:rosb,.ak, red-tailed fla",k, ~olde~ "a~l", bald e'll;!e,
<br />Ca.,ada .0:00.", ",allard ,,~d m~ny othH s~d"s of "UdUf". l'lles~ riparian
<br />ar.'as ar~ v"ry i1\oorta~t in tht' ~rld re~ioi1s of Colorado. Tht' oroxl"ity
<br />to "'Rter a~d rohu"~ v"~e~atioi1 supported by the water re~ime attrac~ ~re
<br />spe cie~ of \oIlldi1 fe to this hab! ~at tyo<o ~h"" any ot Iler in ,"",stern
<br />Colorado.
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<br />S~udy Li>l\tts
<br />The area 0f scudv l~dudes ~h(, flnod plain of Par~"h\lte Cre~k fro'"
<br />its conn.",nc., "i~h th" Colorado l1.iv~" uo.tr~"m to ~he '.;~st t'.d*, of
<br />S~ctlon 2R, TfiS, R~fj\l (7,5 ",11e.) ~nd t'w flood plal" of l1.oa~ Cre"k fro",
<br />it< confl\l~nce ",ith the Colorado Riwr upstrea", to the Garft..ld Gomlty
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<br />1h", ~owns af Para,h.tt:e ,1TId ""oeq,," ~r(, ...ic hin eh" study ac,',a and
<br />oaru of ~a"h ~CYw1l\\"1ry ar.. w1~hl" th~ flood plair.s.
<br />~3L\lr~l and ~n~flcial ~lood Plain Vaiu...
<br />The flood plal"-s ~lo'l~ Roan and Pilrach,,~,. CreO"ks contab aHilS <>f
<br />irri~at"d oasture "nd hay land b~~rspt'rged with 'Ict'a~ of nacnral
<br />ve~..tAtlo'l. !\lon~ th.. ('h'ln~..l, ~hc. v".,,~tatloi1 cor.sisto of " variO"~y of
<br />forb", flra"~,' <, sedv,<," and rush"s l\\Ct'rsp" I"".-d ",ith ~()r too",onds, ",l11"w~
<br />and stb<'rlan c'l"" 1'h<, ",~~.,Mrt~o; ~h.1n()..i, pa~st'll< th"o\\~h cro~od
<br />farmland, provides ,~ dlver.ity in L",ds~,~p,..
<br />Th,' l\\~h v"'.o:Hartc", in tll<' flood plains ,"ahs a vt-.td COl'.Lra<t to th.'
<br />b"rre~ hlth "urro'-'''(\i'l\~ rfl~ ~~~.<,ul "r".'1. This dt",'rsicy .'nr.ar"~" th,.
<br />vis\\~l "e.tnHi,''\ .,.~d wildl1f. h"1'>lr,,t ,,-,l\Lt's i~ tr.,' 'Irea.
<br />Th~"~ :''10,,J plai".~ "'DPon " "a'h,ty ~f "i1dtlfe 5pe,1.,s ouch ()~,
<br />"'Cllt' d(.er, ,,,yot.,,, cottontail, crd-'~li1).:Wd hlac<.hird, hlL'" herron, SO"l!
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