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<br /> <br />Sangre de Cristo Mountains and on the west by the Rio Grande gorge. <br />The terrace lands range from about 6,800 to 7,100 feet in elevation <br />and consist of long, narrow, smooth topped ridges, gradual slopes <br />and slight draws, and intervening short, steep slopes with deep <br />arroyos, Extremes in elevation range from 11,000 feet along the <br />high peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to 6,080 feet at the <br />confluence of the Rio Pueblo de Taos with the Rio Grande. The Rio <br />Grande del Rancho, the major tributary to the immediate proj ect <br />area, originates in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This stream winds <br />generally northwest through deep canyons and thence across broad <br />terface lands to join the Rio Pueblo de Taos. <br /> <br />D. Vegetation <br />The area's mountainous terrain is forested with ponderosQ pine, <br />Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, and aspen. The canyon cover within <br />the reservoir area is a mixture of pinon-juniper and sagebrush. <br />The streambanks are lined with wi llows, cottonwoods, and common <br />alders. Benchlands are irrigated primarily for growing pasture, <br />hay / and grain. <br /> <br />E. Fish and wildlife <br />About 2.0 miles of the Rio Grande del ~ancho within Indian Camp <br />Reservoir site and 2.3 miles below the damsite, to where present <br />-diversionsbegin. provide good trout habitat. Natural populations <br />of brown and Rio Grande cutthroat trout inhabit the mountainous <br />reaches of the Rio Grande del Rancho and its tributaries, Rito de la <br />3 <br />