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<br />I <br /> <br />~atural vegetation around Grand Junction consists prImarily of <br />desertbrush....lthootte>n'o/OOdandwlllowgrowlng alonqthe rivers. <br />Also, thero are truck gardens, orchards, and feed and for~c crops <br />"'~"'r", lrrlg"tlo/1 systems have been lost" lied. Lower mountaIn slopes <br />and mesas support pinon, Juniper, and brush. The higher mountain slopes <br />are covered with spruce, +lr. QuakIng aspen, and native shrubs and <br />'1rasstoll,OOOfeet. Vegetation Is sparse above 11,OOO+eet. <br /> <br />DEVELOPMENTS PI THE FLOOD PLAH: <br /> <br />The/loodplalns Inthestudy..reallreusedprlmllrtlyfor <br />orchards,.truckgardans, and the productIon of livestock/oed. Anum- <br />ber 0/ residences are located wltllln the flood plaIns. Some subdivision <br />development has taken place "rou~ RiversIde Park abo~e the Grand <br />A~enuc 6rldge Tn Grand Junction and across the river from Grand JunctIon <br />In the CoMectlcut Lakes area. Se~eral gravel ~Iants are located ",Ithln <br />the flood plain of the ColoradO RIver. The Grand JunetTon laclllty of <br />the Atomic Energy COMmTsslon is located In the flood plain of the <br />GUMTsonRiver. leveesoonstructcd to protect the lacllltydurlng the <br />1957 flood are stIli Intact. Llqhtcommercial establish"",nhenda <br />number 01 hor",,~ are located ""u tro. COlorado RI~ur upstre<lm Irom the <br />Fifth Street Grldge. <br /> <br />The "ood pl<.lTnsot theColoredoand the I'lunnlson RIvers are wooded <br />",ltht,,11 cottonwoodsand..,lllo", thickets. Outeoorrocreiltionusesare <br />Tn d~and along the stream channels because 01 the available sports <br />Ilsheryi>n(1 wooded araas. Thecorrrnunlty IsconslClerlnc these areas for <br />greenbelt preser~es. <br /> <br />The Grand Va II ey I s ser~od by the main and branch lInes at the <br />Denver and RIo Grande Railroad; t\ofOscneduledalrllnes; Interstate <br />Highway 7~; U.S. ~lghw~ys 6, 24, and 50; ~nd gever~1 gtate ~nd local <br />highw"ys. <br /> <br />The pres"nt popul~tion is estimated to be approximately 40,000 and <br />Is projected to increase to about 60,000 people In the yp~r 2000. <br /> <br />3 <br />