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<br />LlJiJilO <br /> <br />Brown~ Park today'? The Green Hivcr <br />no longer rampages through the park <br />nooding, depo,iting, eroding, changing THE PRESENT <br />channel and generally behaving as un- <br />tamed rivers do. Today it is a harnessed, <br />gentle river with saucer-shaped bottoms between the meanders. <br />rimmed by benchlands. nestled between two mountain ranges. <br />r-.1an. in his quest to wrest a living from th e river bottoms. <br />attempted to dike out flood water. ~tabilize the rin~r channel and <br />drain the marshe:-;. 'OleY are today grasslands intl;'fSpcr!'cd with <br />\\.illow, cottonwood, and salt cedar. <br /> <br />\\ithin the river channel are many sand bars. Several have be- <br />come \'egetated and are now permanent islands .....Iwee geese IH'St. <br /> <br />The benchlands. heavily overgrazed by both cattle and sheep. <br />afC eroded with a sparse vcgct..'1.tive cu....er of spiny hop ~age and <br />shadscalc. The mountain slopes support a ragKcd (.over of Villon <br />and juniper with aspen in sheltered sites. <br /> <br />The hi,Swry of this land i.!o' regret..Hbly like so many uther places <br />in our country-originally a lush land with abundant wiltllift.'-lhell <br />exploitation resulting in depletion of vegetation and soil ero.!o'ioll- <br />finally a land capable of supporting: only a few struggling caltle <br />ranches. Tomorrow it will be restored us u haven for waterfowl and <br />other wildlife. <br /> <br />I <br />! <br />I <br /> <br />~ - <br />" <br /> <br />-- ---- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />