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<br />XI II-9 <br /> <br />Trail Access Points: Appropriate locations are at major street crossings, <br />commercial/residential developments, tributaries, parking lots and boat <br />landings. Access points should be clearly identified and signed. <br /> <br />Auto Access Points: <br />trail access points <br /> <br />Parking should generally be provided at boat landings, <br />and major street crossings. <br /> <br /> <br />short term equestrian use <br />" concrete path <br />with 4" aggregate base course <br /> <br />Landscapi ng <br /> <br />Non-irrigated: This type of landscape approach utilizes native grasses, <br />trees and shrubs. Turf areas are to be species that are drought tolerant <br />such as: Buffalograss, Blue Grama, Side-Oats Grama and Little Blue Stem. <br />Trees well adapted to the river environment include: Cottonwood, Willow, <br />Russian Olive, Green Ash and Hawthorn. The use of native plant materials <br />along the river is encouraged. <br /> <br />Irrigated: This type of landscaping would be utilized for active park <br />areas and irrigated with an underground automatic system. Typically the <br />turf grasses would be a bluegrass seed mixture. Trees and shrubs should be <br />the more ornamental nursery grown varieties that are adpated to irrigated <br />turf conditi ons. <br /> <br />HARD SURFACE TRAIL SKETCH <br /> <br />Views <br />Existing good views from the river to the mountains and the city should be <br />preserved and enhanced. Objectionable views can be screened by vegetation, <br />fencing and/or ~oning ordinances. Views to the river from the banks often <br />require selective thinning of the vegetation to maximize sight lines. <br /> <br /> <br />011 <br />.U <br />cC <br />-Ill ' <br />E.. <br />-Ill <br />CIIG1 <br />...- <br />. u <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />Wildlife <br />The river corridor is an exceptional, and in some locations, a limited <br />source of wildlife habitat. Some 85% of Colorado's wildlife species <br />require a riparian ecosystem to exist. yet the state's land area offers <br />only about 2% riparian enviornment. Existing habitats and good breeding <br />environments for birds, reptiles, mammals and amphibians should be <br />preserved and enhanced where they exist, and created anew where possible. <br /> <br />................. <br /> <br />~ 5' -0 .~ soil pavement <br />\-lI'lObatructed trallcorrldor <br /> <br />SOFT SURFACE TRAIL SKETCH <br />