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USDANatural Resources Conservation Service About Us I National Centers I State Websites <br /> Colorado <br /> United States Department of Agriculture <br /> Topics Programs Newsroom Contact Us <br /> Browse By Audience I A-Z Index I Help <br /> You are Here: Home/Programs/Financial Assistance/Environmental Quality Incentives Program /Rainbow Park and Portland Plant Riparian Restoration Project <br /> Stay Connected 10 Cl i w So' <br /> Rainbow Park and Portland Plant Riparian Restoration Project <br /> Programs <br /> Farm Bill <br /> J• ,x <br /> Financial Assistance <br /> Conservation Innovation + <br /> Grants pi''4 t = }j r <br /> Conservation Stewardship <br /> Program <br /> Environmental Quality ; <br /> Incentives Program r`t . <br /> Emergency Watershed <br /> Protection Program <br /> Easements <br /> Landscape Initiatives NAME OF <br /> Landscape Planning PROJECT <br /> Rainbow Park and <br /> �.....«...«.. Portland Plant <br /> Riparian <br /> Restoration Project <br /> PROJECT LOCATION: Arkansas River Watershed in Rainbow Park area of Florence.Colorado <br /> CONSERVATION DISTRICT(S): Fremont Conservation District <br /> NATURAL RESOURCES CONCERNS <br /> Degraded Plant Condition <br /> Undesirable plant productivity and health. <br /> Inadequate structure and composition. <br /> Excessive plant pest pressure. <br /> Kater-Qyjg1i4y Degradation-Excessive salts in ground water and surface water. <br /> Soil Erosion-Excessive bank erosion from streams,shorelines,or water conveyance channels. <br /> Inadequate Habitat fQr Fish and Wildlif-Habitat degradation. <br /> MITIGATION ACTIVITIES <br /> The project will focus on restoration of the riparian corridor through chemical and mechanical removal of <br /> Russian olive,tamarisk and secondary invasive species.Biological,cultural,mechanical,and chemical <br /> methods(Integrated Pest Management)will all be utilized,as possible.Streambank erosion will also be <br /> treated in the corridor. <br /> OUTCOMES <br />