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Update). AS a result. abundance for northern leopard frou is more likely tlnCOtnlnlofl currently. <br />1)IS(A SSION, <br />I'ndisturbed. tine Gunnison River canyons and associated riparian vegetation Connnurlnities offer <br />some of the higher \yildlife diversity and populations in the \\Inerc the Southern Rockies and <br />Colorado Plateau eco-rcu, ions converge. Due to past and current land management practices. <br />Current dlycl-slt, of slgnltlcant \%ildlife is relatively low compared to the surrounding region. <br />Reasons include a narrow canyon \\Ith a railroad on the cast side and a wde. harsh valley on the <br />west dominated by toe slopes comprised of collu\ iums ran,6110 in size from silt to hoUlders the <br />size of a nluu-\ an. <br />Photo 1. Pit 4. Shrubs in mid-photo are salt cedar (Tanwrisk spp.). <br />The blade and clearing \york appears to have tailed \yith disturbed areas devoid ofall surtitce <br />laver topsoil. harasses and forts. In some pits remnant, low 18") shrub kv,crs remain. in others <br />a la\er (5% cmer) of medium height (18"--I8") shrubs remain. \lost lo\\ to medium height <br />shrubs exhibited heave crazing by cattle. Remnant. mature cotton\yood trees remain fronn \Oat <br />\vcre likely dense. un-C% C11 aged ,allerics. Resulting \\ildlife values and di\crsih are greatl\ <br />reduced 1'1*(.)m undistm bed fever. <br />7