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. . This project will use the State's approved QAPP if needed and develop site-specific amendments. MONITORING STRATEGY. (Please see Sampling & Analysis Plan). The monitoring plan includes a baseline survey of restoration sites and follow up assessments of treatment effectiveness. Restoration techniques can then be evaluated for future use in the Alamosa River watershed and elsewhere in the Intermountain West. The Intermountain Area Riparian/Wetland Resource Technical Team recommended these monitoring tasks in the Riparian Corridor Assessment Alamosa River Below Terrace Main Diversion. Specific monitoring tasks include: 5.1) Establish cross-sections across the river from set survey benchmarks. Survey cross-sections before, during, and after treatment. After treatment, surveys will be conducted each year following high water in the spring. 5.2) Document visual changes in restoration by taking quarterly photos from survey benchmarks. 5.3) Conduct vegetation survey transects at benchmarks to document recovery of willows, grasses, and cottonwoods. 5.4) Conduct a noxious weed survey in the watershed and develop a management plan. 5.5) IdentifY the need for buffer zones in areas where cropland is encroaching on riparian areas. 5.6) Install monitoring stations along the river at selected homes to monitor the household wells to determine changes in water table level. 5.7) The AR WRP is currently looking for potential field personnel or agencies who would be interested in conducting an assessment of the wildlife, waterfowl, song bird, and aquatic life habitats. A Biological Assessment of the watershed was completed in 2000 by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program with funding from The Nature Conservancy. DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING Two reports will be generated per year for a period of three years. The report will describe activities conducted by the project and subsequent monitoring needs. Data will be stored at the NRCS in La lara and will be available to both the project participants and the public This data will also be filed by a private vendor, either at Agro Engineering or the San Luis Valley GIS/GPS Authority, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the Colorado State WQCD. The Colorado State WQCD will assist the project in entering the data into the EPA STORET. LONG-TERM FUNDING PLAN FOR O&Ms The A-LJWCD will be responsible for generating, holding, and dispersing the O&M funds as described in Section 3.6. The NRCS will continue to help with grazing management plan in the future and the Page -23-