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<br />UMB <br /> <br />-Floodplain mostly privately-owned: Green River Valley (wide <br />alluvial floodplain valley): includes the town of Green River, Utah: <br />in Emery County and Grand County; downstream of Gray Canyon; <br />upstream of Labyrinth Canyon, Some floodplain development has <br />occurred in this area, mostly cropland and pasture; <br />-PossiblY of high biological importance for habitat restoration, <br />-Conclusion: high priority geographic area for floodplain <br />restoration and protection because of restoration (levee-breaching) <br />opportunities; because floodplain development has occurred in the <br />past and is likely to continue; and area is potentially of high <br />biological importance, <br /> <br />d, RM 132 to RM 238 (Gray/Desolation Canyon to Pariette Drawl' LOW <br />PRIORITY <br />-Razorbacks: larvae drift through and adults reside within this <br />section of the Green River, <br />-Squawfish: includes high density nursery areas for young; adult <br />distribution area, <br />-Approximately 1.336 acres of primarily floodplain terrace habitat; <br />levees, if any. are natural, <br />-Floodplain almost entirely owned by ,the BLM and the Tribes: no <br />floodplain development has occurred or is expected to occur, <br />-Of high biological importance for habitat restoration, However, <br />floOdplain habitat restoration/enhancement opportunities are limited <br />to lowering floodplain terrace elevations or restoring high spring <br />flows, <br />-Conclusion: low priority geographic area for floodplain restoration <br />and protection because of limited floodability-enhancement <br />opportunities, and no floodplain development has occurred or is <br />expected to occur, <br /> <br />e, RM 238 to RM 320 (Pariette Draw to Dinosaur National Monument) <br />HIGHEST PRIORITY <br />-Razorbacks: inhabited by adults, young. and larvae, <br />-Squawfish: includes high density nursery area for young; juvenile <br />concentration area; adult high concentration area. <br />-Approximately 11.222 acres of potential floodplain habitat: natural <br />and man-made levees along much of the river. <br />-Wide alluvial floodplain valley; 60% Federal, 24% private. 12% <br />Tribal. 4% State; includes the towns of Jensen and Ouray. the Ouray <br />National Wildlife Refuge. Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area: <br />the White River confluence at RM 246;- the Duchesne River confluence <br />at RM 248: Ashley Creek at RM 299. and razorback spawning areas at <br /> <br />11 <br />