WSP00392

• File Number: 8276.150
• Description: Grand Valley Unit-Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 4/1/1992
• Title: 1991 Annual Report: Grand Valley Salinity Control Project Monitoring and Evaluation Program
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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HABITAT TYPES WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER CONSTRUCTION
AND THREE TO FIVE YEARS AFTER CONSTRUCTION
3-5 Yrs.
Before After Yrs After Total 1
Habitat Types Construe. Construe. Construe. chanqe
lAc.) lAc.) lAc.) 1%)
Alfalfa 782.1 760.6 830.6 +6.2
Barley 403.1 480.9 289.8 -28.1
Beans 53.3 53.3 89.8 +68.4
Corn 835.0 785.9 643.8 -22.9
Berries 0.0 5.6 1.2 +120.0
Pasture 296.2 306.9 284.2 -4.1
Oats 63.8 65.1 44.1 -30.8
Onion 23.4 23.4 0.0 -100.0
Orchard 117.4 130.2 117.8 +0.3
Truck Crops 7.4 15.2 67.2 +908.1
Wheat 76.6 84.3 6.8 -91.1
Fallow 100.1 91. 4 300.2 +200.0
Total Cropland 2,758.4 2,802.8 2,675.5 -3.0
Perennial Herb. 272.0 250.2 259.3 -4.7
Annual Herb. 201. 2 181.9 309.2 +53.7
Greasewood/ 381. 3 378.4 345.8 -9.3
Rabbitbrush
Tamarisk 89.4 89.4 87.7 -1.9
Cottonwood 9.0 8.8 8.6 -4.4
Wetland - Type 1 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0
Wetland - Type 2 7.7 7.5 6.5 -15.6
Wetland - Type 3 10.5 10.4 9.2 -12.9
Wetland - Type 4 3.3 3.3 1.6 -51. 5
Wetland - Type 5 1.1 1.1 5.5 +400.0
Wetland - Type 6 14.0 12.3 11.2 -20.0
Wetland - Type 9 7.7 7.7 7.3 -5.2
Water 13.5 13.5 14.2 +5.2
Total veqetated
Non-Cropland 1,012.2 966.0 1,067.6 +5.5
Barren Land 70.0 70.5 82.3 +17.6
Other Land- canals,
Cement Ditches, roads,
Hdqts. , etc. 230.9 232.2 246.1 +6.9
Total-All Tvpes 4.071.5 4.071.5 4.071.5

1 Comparison of acreage before construction and three to five years
after construction.

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