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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Wher-e e Ii 9 i b Ie, I andowner-s can r-ece i ve ass i stance <br />thr-ough the Conser-vation Reser-ve Pr-ogr-am (CRP) administer-ed <br />by the Agr-icultur-al Stabi I ization and Conser-vation Ser-vice <br />(ASCS) to develop a 66 to 99 foot wide r-ipar-ian zone along <br />str-eams or- water- bodies. To be el igible, the land would <br />have had to be used to pr-oduce agr-icultur-al commodities 2 of <br />the 5 year-s between 1981 and 1985. Rental payments for- 10 <br />year-s ar-e offer-ed as an incentive to conver-t the cr-opland to <br />gr-ass or- tr-ees. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ripar-ian zones wi II pr-ovide pr-otection fr-om the lower- <br />fr-equency flows. However-, lar-ge flows can pr-oduce bank <br />er-os i on wh i ch 101 i II destr-oy them. When th i s happens, the up <br />r-ooted tr-ees can block the channel and cause additional bank <br />cutting. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2. This study r-ecommends the for-mation of a state <br />coor-dinator- position. The need for- a per-son to coor-dinate <br />activities r-elating to str-eam channel impr-ovements was <br />identified. Many examples of wor-k being done without <br />consider-ation of the effects, both upstr-eam and downstr-eam, <br />wer-e noted dur-ing the study. This showed the lack of <br />knowledge about r-iver- mechanics and flow patter-ns by the <br />people doing the wor-k. <br /> <br />. <br />.. <br /> <br />I <br />~ <br />! <br />.. <br />J <br />~ <br />, <br />~ <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br />The coor-dinator- should be someone that landowner-s could <br />ask for- advice about the effects of wor-k in str-eams befor-e <br />constr-uction is star-ted. The coor-dinator- could pr-ovide the <br />assistance or- dir-ect the landowner- to an agency that could <br />help. This would not r-eplace the U.S. Ar-my, Cor-ps of <br />Engineer-s, Section 404 per-mitting pr-ocess, but the <br />coor-dinator- could pr-ovide assistance to str-eaml ine the <br />pr-ocess. <br /> <br /> <br />Rock Ripr-ap on Dolor-es River- <br />Photogr-aphy by Jim Thor-nton, SCS, Denver-, Color-ado <br /> <br />6 <br />