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<br />SENT BY: <br /> <br />1-12-36 <br /> <br />3: 16PM <br /> <br />lJfAH WILDLIfE RES. ~ <br /> <br />303-236-0027:# 8/12 <br /> <br />Ri~~lm~ r9B90nggg ~nd off Acta <br /> <br />ResponBQ variables to Do measure tor rl~rian rOgpoDggR ~od etfectg _r~ <br />a~ follows, vegwtation co~poBition, den~ity. plant materi.l input, ant <br />auba&qUefit changes following levee removal. <br /> <br />UDd~Bt8nd!n~ h~ vegetatLon with1c tloodad bottorolandM progr~egeB !roa <br />t~ariek to cottonwood/willow end viae versa l~ lm~ct~tl Because <br />riparian and aquatic veqatation are known to play a critical role in <br />wacroinvertebrate production and La provldlDg-~Qfu~og for small fLub <br />from predators, veqet~t1on oompo.ition and subseqoent cbBn~~ followln~ <br />l~veQ removal will be enu~r.ted ua1nQ tranoect gam~lQ. obtained during <br />invertebrate a.~plinq. <br /> <br />K~nipu'R~Rn 8ltee <br /> <br />RQsponsQ variableu to be mo&aur~ fOr ~anipulated pite~ arB AS follows: <br />relatLve abundance, oohort analyai$ ~tween years, ~eproduotloDr <br />relative abuod.a.nce a.nd.. cCltl:lpo'ilition of fish food oroar...1.sau5, food habU:G, <br />Anc1 ~owth rat.Cls for fiGbBD ':fithin the river reaches .!.ssooiated wi1:h <br />manipulated aitea. <br /> <br />Methods tor sampling fishes in th6 riv~~ re~ohes aesociatgd with <br />mnoipulatad siteB will follow th~ protocol of fieh samplinq dQscrLDed <br />abova and preBBnted in :tabLe 1. <br /> <br />VII. ra~k Description (FY-1996). <br /> <br />T~ke are described 1n thA study methods section. <br /> <br />VIII. Study Scr~ule: <br /> <br />All objDctivHB will he addreesed in iY-1996-199S. <br /> <br />IX. rY-l996 Work <br /> <br />OGscription of work I nBller!~d. above <br />Deliverablas/dua ~,e (the tollowlng d~livQrablBs will be <br />complBt.~ tor all s~ction" or this sow - the native fieh <br />evaluation, nonnative fiah evaluation, flBh food orgaolam and <br />water quality evaluation, ripa~1an reopon8e8 and &ftecte, ~nd <br />~anipul~ted aiteB\s <br />- Piald trip summary report a fcr each sampling trip (due 2 weeka <br />fOllowinQ the trip) <br />- ~igld season summary report tor e40h objective add fLald aeason <br />(du.. 12/1/96) <br />- Annual Data Analysls P~ogreBB Report with Recommsndationa, <br />includes l~troductio~, methods, reeults, dLscuggion, and <br />concluaionG (due 3/97] <br /> <br />~-1997 and 199B <br />- Field trip ~ummary reports for each sampling trip (due 2 weeks <br />rollowing the trip) . <br />- Pield season summary report tar ~3oh Qbjeotive aa~ field BB&SOn <br />(due 12/1/97 Bnd 12/1{S9) <br /> <br />r <br />,. <br />I <br />