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2011 Annual Status Report Aggregate Industries: Greeley F Street Site January 17, 2012 • A broad bench of potential wetlands adjacent to, and south of, Area A was inundated by the flood. As the water receded, the bench appears to provide a perfect substrate for willow and cottonwood germination and establishment. A wetland fringe is developing along the new shoreline and large, dense stands of reed canarygrass continue to expand in this area. • The existing herbaceous wetland in the northwest corner of Area B has continued to develop and expand in 2011. This trend is expected to continue as the area appears to have connection with a subsurface water source, as well as connection to the north shoreline of the West Side Pond. • Large areas of wetlands are establishing along the south shoreline of the West Side Pond. Some of these areas are apparently supported by subsurface water and so are hydrologically independent from pond water levels. Other areas do appear to be associated with pond shore capillary fringe. It is expected these areas will stabilize with pond water levels. • The F Street site provides substantial habitat diversity; open water, shrub slopes, shoreline, and adjacent wetland areas. A large number of waterfowl, shorebirds, and raptors use the site, as well as toads and fish, coyotes, raccoons, and deer. Literature Cited Colorado Department of Agriculture. 2010. Colorado Noxious Weed List. (http: / /www. colorado.gov /cs/Satellite/ Agriculture- Main/CDAG/1174084048733). Reed, Jr., P. B. 1988. National list of plant species that occur in wetlands: Central plains, (Region 5). U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Biol. Rept. 88 (26.5). Walsh, 2010. Evaluation of wetlands at the F Street Mine Site, Weld Colorado. December. Weber, W.A. and R.C. Wittmann. 2001. Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope. University of Colorado Press. Third Edition. Boulder, CO. 5 •