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<br />r <br /> <br />~ <br />t <br />~ <br />t <br />~ <br />~ <br />t <br /> <br />, <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />LAKE FORK - Lake County, Colorado. It flows through <br />mine tai ling sediment deposits (which came from Leadvi I Ie's <br />mining days), marsh, wet alluvial area, hayland, and <br />pastureland. The study area consists of 7 sites for a total <br />of 35,000 feet (6.63 mi les) of stream. There is a need, <br />along the streambank, to stabi I ize the eroding areas, <br />protect irrigation structures, pastureland, rangeland, <br />bridges, ranchstead roads, and riparian areas. <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. Vegetative practices would require the contaminated <br />streambanks to be cleaned and topsoi led so that plants would <br />grow. <br /> <br />t <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />- -~....... - ..... - - --".., - <br /> <br />streambank erosion of mine tai I ings sediment on Lake Fork <br />Photography by Jim Thornton, sCs, Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />31 <br />