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<br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />LOWER FOUNTAIN CREEK - Pueblo County, Colorado. It <br />flows through a valley area of bottomlands which are <br />vegetated with cottonwood, willow, salt cedar, Russian <br />01 ive, various forbs, and assorted grasses and are flanked <br />by farmland and rangeland. The study area consists of 4 <br />sites for a total of 6,500 feet (1.23 mi les) of stream. <br />This area suffers from streambank erosion during floods. <br />During normal flows, the stream usually stays within the <br />confines of the existing braided channel. Examples of types <br />and extent of damages during flood periods are the loss of <br />farmable and farmed land, loss of riparian areas, loss of <br />and damage to irrigation structures, damage to pipeline <br />crossing the streambed, and damage to bridge embankments. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The proposed measures for improvement include rock <br />riprap, anchored trees, rock jetties, jacks, vegetated <br />buffer strips, vegetative sprig revetment, and riparian <br />Zones. <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />_ _ _ -.--- --. -- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />. <br />io <br />~ <br />il <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />Plank jetties on Fountain Creek protecting a high pressure <br />gasl ine and cropland <br />Photography by Jim Thornton, SCS, Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />33 <br />