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<br />CHAPTER VII <br /> <br />STREAM CORRIDOR NEEDS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />This chapter presents the results of 13:, communities and counties who responded to the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board's inventory of floodplain and stream corridor issues, The responses have been <br />grouped into four categories: plalming assistance, funding implementation responses, public <br />information/technical assistance, and policy and criteria, The needs of the respondents in each of the four <br />categories are presented, The conclusions from the responses are summarized to provide direction and <br />confirmation of the need for additional involvement with Joc:al stakeholders by the CWCB in floodplain and <br />stream corridor management The last f'ortion of this chapwr contains the recommendations by the CWCB <br />to address these needs and conclusions, <br /> <br />RESPONDENT NEEDS <br /> <br />Planning Assistance Needs <br />Community Growth Pattern. Community growth pattems are adversely affecting natural stream corridor <br />functions, Forty-two percent of the respondents indicated the need to include a watershed based drainage <br />master plan to enable present decision makers to create a plan that addresses the watershed and how <br />individual projects would fit into the overall plan rather than only looking at individual projects, This <br />master plan would also provide future decision makers with insight concerning what was envisioned for <br />the watershed, and provide a basis for sound decision making based upon hydrological and environmental <br />concepts which take into account the watershed'S uniqUl~ geomorphology, soils, climate, vegetation, <br />wildlife, and human characteristics, <br /> <br />Multi-obiective Stewardshio Perspective, Specific, single purpose solutions are generally inadequate; <br />multi-objective stewardship perspective should be applic:d to management of watershed and stream <br />corridors. Multi-objective planning solutions are needed for most Colorado watersheds. Sixty- two percent <br />of the respondents expressed a need for I: multi-objective stream/river rehabilitation project. This indicates <br />a recognition that floodplains and stream corridors have inlportant functions within the watershed which <br />can be managed to benefit more than one single purpose. Due to the general arid climate in the West, the <br />presence of water in these portions of the watershed often I:ontain some of the more unique and valuable <br />habitat attributes within the watershed, which can be enjoyed by all residents if properly managed, <br /> <br />Vll-l <br /> <br />97-060.001 <br />