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15 26 grazing and Stock: pond construction still pre~enL Interstate 25 (1-25) has replaced the old roadway, and commercial and business development along the frontage road has occurred. East of 1-25, a large]O\ residential community. Woodmoor. has been developed along with. a country club and golf course, Ponions of the Dirty Woman/Crystal Creek: Drainage Basin west of and along 1-25 has beeo highly developed for residential and commercial use and other busi nesses_ Accessroads and residential lots were developed east of the interstllle,and further development in th is area is expected 10 be minimal and localized. Th.e To\VT1 of Monument is also located weSI of 1-25 with surrounding businesses and large 10! residenlhllllcas, The Town was founded during the lasI century, and is well established bm without current pJans for expansion. The 1-25 interchange at Monument is considered inadequate llIld may require replacement m the near future. This would affect the drainages of Diny Woman Creek in the vicinity of the interchange freeway eros,ings. lmmediately east of 1-25 a water supply reservoir (Lake Woodmoor), ha~ been constructed on the Lake Fork of Dirty Woman Creek, and on other small tributaries drain into this reservoir. Roads and some of the residential lots occur in the drainages. and bave i nterfered witb the water regime and flow and the associated wetlands, The major land uses that presently affect the natural resources, riparian zones and habitats along drainages and wetlands are commercial, transportation corridors, roads and residential. There h at present little agricuilurc orliveslOCk grazing in this basin. The approximately one acre residential lots in the upper rcaches of the drainage east of the inrer;tate have disturbed the natural seningthe least and have semi-nmural vegetation and habitats. In mU,l ca>>es, the drainages have been undisturbed by eonstr.Jetion and removal of grazing has allowed the vegetmion to establish to productive riparian. wetlands and wet meadow habitats. Exceptions to this are the golf CO\lIT.e along the North Fork Diny Woman Creek and several homesites alung the uppc:r portion of Crystal Creek immediately south of Woodmoor Drive. The freeway and the Town of Monument occupy the southwestern lower areas in the drainagcbasin(s), The following paragraphs describe the wetland and vegetation types and a,sociated habitats and wildlife ,pecics for distribution and present conditions. The natural resources were Catagoril.ed and mapped On the aerial photographsprovidcd using the standard nomenclature for resource mapping (fable 5-1) proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers, A shon description of the mapping units or types is provided to accompany these maps. The riparian reaches (lnd a brief description of the habit(ltand resource value is provided in Table .,-2. Table 5--' gives the delineated acreagc of standard nUll1enclature nllturalresuun:e type for eachrcach,l'resentedon Exhibit 2 (conrainedwithin the mappoclcet). are the locations of the highcr value habitat waes found along the major stream segmenlS of the basin(s). TableS-l Standard NomeDClature forROIiOun:e Mapping Symbol Predominanl Community Comment, M'W Mature Riparirrn Woodlond (inch,>de. rip.o.rilll -hydtologically"""""i.loo with a weUrrnd woodland) waterway IRW Imnwure Riparian Woodland. il%m'lll.lurt: lrees -t}'picall)' <5)'","" old ~RW Non Riparian Woodland n""riparian not ","""ialoo with. waterway " Riparian Shrubland (indudesw.:Uand shrubland_veryhttleo.-notn:eovef1jtory shrubJand) ,a Riparian Grassland mo<tl)'g""""',somo forbs(include, wetl...d llr...,JIlld) HW Herhoceous Wetlllld mooly forbs(;edges, spike rusbes, ole.), .ome gra.'''''' EW Emergent Wetland planlll rooted in deep standing waler (bulrush.." canails,ele.)