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<br />onOii97 <br /> <br />Contents <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Management Implications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 <br />[ntroduction ............................................................... 2 <br />Water Resources in the Colorado River Basin ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 <br />Increasing Water Yield by Management of Vegetation and Snow. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 <br />Potential Increases by Vegetation Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 <br />The Alpine Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f\ <br />Mountain Grasslands. . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 <br />Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests ................................. 9 <br />Southwestern Mixed Conifer Forests.... .. ......... ........ .. .. .. . . .. ..... 10 <br />Rocky Mountain Aspen Forests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11 <br />Southwestern Ponderasa Pine Forests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11 <br /> <br />Chaparral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 <br />Mountain Brush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 <br />Big Sagebrush .......................................................... 16 <br />Pinyon-luniper .. ... .. . .. . .. ... .. ...... .. ......... . ....... .... ......... 18 <br />Upstream Riparian Areas ................................................ 18 <br />Summary of Potential Increases and Comparison with Earlier Estimates ....... 19 <br />Assessment ,............................................................. 22 <br />Amount of Additional Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 <br />Cost of Producing Additional Water ...................................... 23 <br />Time Frame for Implementing Water Yield Improvement Practices. . . . . . 25 <br />Other Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 <br />Literature Cited .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 <br />