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<br />,", <br />-~ <br /> <br />;....-J <br />r.:J" <br />.,.<oj <br /> <br />.._.1 <br /> <br />~.~':j <br /> <br />PART 4 <br /> <br />WILDLIFE MONITORING <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The 1990 Wi I d life Mon i to... I ng ...epo...t ...ep...esents pa...t of an ongo i ng data <br />base co II ected since the Mon i to... i ng and Eva I uat ion (M&E) p...og...am began <br />in 1984. The scope, methodology, and effects on wi Idl ife and wetland <br />habitat data collection is completly outl ined in the Monito...inQ and <br />Evaluation Plan Fo... The G...and Vallev Unit. Colo...ado. of The Colo...ado <br />Rive... 8asln Sal initv Cont...ol P...oQ...am p...epa...ed by the SCS and publ ished <br />Janua...y 1983. <br /> <br />The M&E Plan of Janua...y 1983 di...ected that wi Idl ife and wetland <br />habitats be invento...ied to establ ish basel ine infol-mation p...io... to <br />const...uction. A second invento...y of the same habitats was to be <br />pe...fo...med one yea... afte... const...uction to dete...mine changes in qual ity <br />and quantity of the habitats. A thi...d invento...y was to be pe...fo...med <br />between five to ten yea...s afte... const...uction was completed. Wetland <br />and wi Idl ife habitat changes we...e to be monito...ed on about 100 sites <br />with 20 being i......igation M&E sites. <br /> <br />Wi Idl ife Habitat Monito...inQ and Evaluation ...epo...ts of data collected <br />we...e publ ished in 1985, 1986 and 1987. In June 1989, the Final G...and <br />Vallev Sal initv Cont...ol P",o,iect Monito...inQ and Evaluation P...oQ...am <br />Annual Repor-t was pub I i shed by SCS. <br /> <br />The Final M&E Annual Repo...t outl ined changes that occu......ed on 77 <br />monito...ing sites in wetland and wi Idl ife habitats by compa...ing befo...e <br />const...uction habitat, one yea... afte... const...uction, and th...ee to five <br />yea...s afte... const...uction. <br /> <br />T...acking and planning of wi Idl ife and wetland habitat is an ongoing <br />p"',ocess. Planning fo... wi Idl ife upland habitat emphasizes g...ass and <br />sh...ubs fo... use by pheasants fo... winte... cove... and sp...ing nesting cove.... <br /> <br />METHODOLOGY <br /> <br />Data collection and analysis was pe...fo...med as outl ined in the Final <br />M&E Annual Repor-t publ ished June 1989. Data was collected on th...ee <br />sepa...ate occasions. Wetland and Wi Idl ife habitat .,e...e mapped on 77 <br />ag...icultu...al units, of which six we...e i......igation monito...ing sites. <br /> <br />43 <br />