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<br />NORTH FORK GUNNISON RIVER - Delta County, Colorado. It <br />flows through cottonwood areas, hayland, pastureland, and a <br />few fruit orchards. The study area consists of 10 sites for <br />a total of 58,080 feet (11 mi les) of stream. The loss of <br />homes, damaged bridges, loss of farmable and farmed land, <br />loss of and damage to irrigation structures, and the loss of <br />major irrigation del ivery systems are examples of the types <br />and extent of damages. <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 />1 <br />~ <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Anchored trees collecting debris on North Fork Gunnison <br />River <br />Photography by Jim Thornton, SCS, Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />34 <br />