FLOOD08460

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Stewardship of Colorado Stream Corridors
• Date: 1/1/1998
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: McLaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Exhibit 1
QUESTION 1: What does your organization feel is the most significant floodplain problem relating to stream
corridors in Colorado?

00 Significant Floodplain Problems
ENJIlRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Boulderc.-eek Watenbodlnitiative Mainlaining ecological inIegrity .wile keeping Ilo<q>Iain ..... . ......uooal rooouroe for oommunity,
CO W_ Cooaervatioo All;"" Houaing ...1Ioodp1ains. They .....Idn\ be allowed.
Colorado Diviai... of Wildlife - PutIman Development in the floodplain and......1ting impairment of_ qua1ity and riparian habitat.
Development adjacent or wi1hin floodplain - ie golf _ hooaing. bus........ roads etc, - that add non-
RooringFor1<_ Edu<ati... Associatioo point """'" pollutioo and potmtially dea-ease .,..ndwoter recharge,
Sierra Club, Rod<y Mln. Chapter - Cunninglwn 1) Damage to riparian vegetatioo; 2) Building in floodplains; 3) Hydrologic & cbannel modifications,
Valley Land C..-vaney Losa of riparian habitat and wetland habitat.
FEDERALAGENCIES
Eviromnental Protecti... Agency - Hamilton/Ruitet AI_i... of channels, floodplains and hydrologyJAlteratioo ofoatural floodpl.in & flow regimes,
Land use aotivities, physical aI1a-atioos, and vegetatioo encroacbmeot that ~ the hydrologic functioo of
US Geological Survey - L)'lrom the channel and flood plain as . conveyor of. wide range of discharge,
Management of the "'earn', riparian ..... vegetati... along with controled development ofhousmg and
USDA - Natural Resources Cooaervatioo Service industry in floodplains,
USFWS Human aotivities contioue in floodplain, Quality and qwntity offloodplain habitat contioues to degrade,
FLOODPL4IN.I SPECIAL DISTRICT
In our watershed, the biggest prohlem is channel constrictioo and development and filling in of the
Fountain c.-eek Walmlhed Project floodpl.in, For the most part, the "'earn and its floodplain are not connected.
Grand Junctioo Drainage Dist. Trasb, debris, encroacbmeot that prohibits ......v.1 of1rash & debris,
Northwest Colondo COG LocaJ government allowance ofbuilding in floodplains; riparian; and wetland arca5.fLoss ofriparian areas.
SanMiguel Watenbod CoaIitioo Urban eocroachment 00 floodplain .......1... offloodplain.
Upper Arkansas River Restoration Project Arkansas Stream Corridor. historic deposition ofvery toxic mine tailings.
WATER ORGANIZATIONS
Lack of awareness ofproper floodplain management. Poor management of riparian areas. channelization
Alamosa River Walmlhed Project and other manipulati.... inteoded to "control' flooding have led to severe river instability,
Battlement Mesa WCD Finding. reasooabJe balance between govenuuentaI control and _Ie private development.
Colorado River WCD - Merrittffenney Encroachment, resulting in loss of riparian babitat./development invasion
Upper Gunnison WCD Don\know