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<br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />,)2~ <br /> <br />" <br />, <br /> <br />Conscqucntly, both rheconditi"n and exk'TItofthe native plant oommuniti cslh,rlothCl'wisc <br />would nurm~l1y he found 1I.1\JIlg the river COrri<.loT have been greatly diminished. and the potential <br />rurfUr1IK"rdcclincissignitie'1l11unlesspor1ionsoflheriwrcorridoralt'pl\1leered. <br /> <br />In 1000, Rcclamatinn l1egan purcha~inl!: the Huntington Ranch, no",' referred to as the MA. and <br />nOv.' has lille lu rhe Ranch. The RiIf1Ch consiS1S of lhrc<: scparate parcels, two of....hich <br />cn~..mlpa'lSp"rtinns oflhe ri~'ercorri<lnr (Figure I), The past us.c of the r.ux:h has I>cen hVlostock <br />lVU1ing. farming and hunting. A significant portjU" of the MA contains segments of !he LlI Plata <br />Rin'T nod its nnodplain. Many of the acreagCll h.led hclnw in Tallie I .to nol meet the ripillian <br />dcfiniti(lo, hut ccrtamly are llssodatl'<l with the riHT system and may he considcreo.lbutl"erlOnL'S, <br />There ,lre 234 Jerel< oflme wct!;mdlrip,Lrian hahilal clltrently within the \fA that ",,,uIJ hkely <br />fiLllwllhiolhe lOll-year floooplain (Taolc 2l. <br /> <br />hhl,.!. l\eru"eofrhernllnhottllmland..lthlnlherllulan""rllo..urthe7'+IA. <br />:\liIIRatlo.. .\ru Pare..' RherKMjomlund TOlal."l;"!:I"lnn <br /> .\ern Ar...ArrN <br />1111cll Singlel>arcel 0 3758 <br />Trartll MamPareel 370.11 <br /> N"nhcmParccl 152.7 InO) <br /> W~lemPan;c1 0.0 <br />Ttll(:llll SmglcParcel bIO.r, 123'1.5 <br />Tot.l All 1 133.11 liIHHI.~ <br /> <br />rwo ranch pllrccls (tracls 11 alld Ill) ellnl'un the area thai eompri.'iCS the prop<>:ICt1 AU' I'mjec\ <br />npari.m I"'nion <;>r the MA, The \1A mnlam~ appnnimalc1y 1.135 acre5 of La Plata Rj"er <br />valley botlomlarw (Tahle I, and 3'1 mill'!l orlhe Rl\'er ("omdnr, Refer to the 2003 Plan as well <br />all hhle 2 and Fijj:urc 2 het".... for a llctalk..J Li~'SCnptinn uflhe complete in"colOry of npari;ul <br />hllhilallytlc~ and the rclahve qualily oflhose nparian hahilal typt..'li a. well as the Ilssocialcd <br />huffer/'mcs<'slahlishl'<l in 2001, <br /> <br />~~ <br />