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<br />[hs~d on the 2001 sl",.Jic~ completed by Rcc1amatioll C\>nlra<:lor5 (Fn>nll~'T 2(~1] l,:1 total
<br />of al'pro~lmatcly 1,5f~) Iincar feel of ~tte"mhank may nced 10 I:le !rcllt",l in seVCn
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<br />Followmg lwo relatively low wakr years without sllCmlkant grving pres-sure,
<br />rhw hounding \'egetalion has innea.'Cd Iparticularly co>'Olc wlHow whkh
<br />innca.,<'<lovcralldcnsityhyapproxirnatcly7.'olwllhollls;gnllieanlcrosioo"ilh
<br />Ihesil1gu]arcxcL'PII0I1(1fthc]ale,,,mmcrfloodc\'cnt\ll200Jwhieha1,,-,
<br />damage,l Roclarnation's wat~'1" n"" momtoring devices on the La PlaIa Rl"er as
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<br />ldcnlilic,lscnsitlL'ch,lllklmes:L,i,!cofonel"catcdwnhmthechanncltrsh>ratulIl
<br />portion ufthe mitigatIOn program all shnw stglllticanl improvcmel1lm wget..!!un
<br />andrL'tlucClll'TI",ionratesdcspllelhe!1ood MonilOnn~,>flhescsensili\ehank
<br />lincs.....illeontinueI0200.1andhe)tl>lldunlillwltlralemSHlnpattemsare ohst:r\ e,t
<br />Quantifktl Weam h..nk 'egelatlon denSities for pOlenlialt~' unstahle ar~<Is 'I ill he
<br />pnwidcu 111 lhe 201)4 annual repon and Rc<:1al1\altOn will make a fomlal ,IeClsinn
<br />rL'gammglhcfllturcIK't-'tlforl'ooslruclcdstrc;unhanksl;ihill/ationpL'ndinglhns<,
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<br />Pan ufRL'Clamalmn's wctlaMriparian mltlgalion commllmcn' m lhe FSI:]S m1<llhe 21~1.'
<br />"r\1.PI'rojeclWetlandRipanan:\llllgllllOlIan<J!\1olliloril1gl']anfolIhcl.lll'l.llaRI\lI'T
<br />Cnmdur" IS to \'reatc al1<1 rl.'stolc habitats along the l.a PI:1Ia Rhcl lalong wllh prot~-...'twn
<br />amI enhallccment "fthcse s.unc hahltalsl, Redmnatinn's "..slumlion Oflhc 27110 linear
<br />IllOlchanncland lloodplam resloralion of the I..PlalilRI\'cr",.illcntilllelnnindunglhe
<br />k'eC'i,re'~'sldhhshing asinuolls ",'erchannel. and re.estahtishingri.er'floo,lpl<lil1
<br />101erartinns to reslnre the nL'er's mne.of.intll1cncr, Thefe"lltofsuchmeas"re,,,"11I
<br />scr\'eholhlOr~'Sloreandcreatel\ew futll:tionalnparianhahilals. Figure7hclowpm.,dcs
<br />a."ual 'k....nptumlhecurrenlch"nm..1 and noodp\ainl'L'!olOrationdcsll:\n.
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<br />R~'C\amalllm contracted wilh T elra Tech, Inc. of Jr.inc. ('A lthrnugh their
<br />Brc'Ckenridgc, CO offi,'c) for the developmcnt of a li.n restoration .ksi~ which
<br />was compleled III Augu~l of2UO}, Currently Reclamation is rc\"iewin~ the
<br />lcchnicalasp'''C1S\lflhedeslgn;llldde.el')pingtheconlractsforlmplcme11lalioll
<br />which i~ currcntly projecte(! l"occur III the fall of 2004 The re~h>ralitln plan ha_
<br />also been rnlc,,"cd hylheSer\'icC,EPA and ('[}OW,
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