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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I Razor Creek, Upper and lower Dome Reservoirs, lake Fork of the Gunnison River, and Henson Creek. The CDOW is planning to install minor improvements in Spring Creek Reservoir and the Potholes Reservoirs, which will improve cover for trout. The CDOW is actively studying the newly completed Ridgway Reservoir and the Uncompahgre River downstream to determine the extent to which the reservoir and river will support a trout fishery. No specific improvement measures for the reservoir or river have yet been formalized, however. 4.2 WATERFOWL AREAS 4.2.1 Existing Waterfowl. Wetlands. and Riparian Systems Data Management prescriptions established by the USFS for wetlands and ri pari an areas in the land and Reservoi r Management Pl an for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests (1983a) include goals to provide hea lthy, se If-perpetuat i ng pl ant communi ties, meet water qual i ty standards, provide habitats for viable populations of wildlife and fish, and provide stable stream channels and still water-body shorelines. Riparian areas as defined by the USFS include the aquatic ecosystem, the ri pari an ecosystem (characteri zed by di st i nct wetland vegetation) , and adjacent ecosystems that remain within approximately 100 ft measured horizontally from both edges of all perennial streams and from the shores of lakes and other stillwater bodies. Specific riparian areas are not identified in the plan or its accompanying environmental impact statement (USFS, 1983b). The BlM (1981a, 1981b) established objectives for riparian area maintenance and improvement in its management framework plans for the American FlatsjSilverton area and the Gunnison Basin. The BlM (1977, 19BOb) has mapped major riparian areas and estimated acreages of riparian lands in grazing allotments throughout the Gunnison and Uncompahgre basins. 4-5 . m0003162