Lower Wolf Creek Watershed Management Plan

摘要

The White River Resource Area has written a plan and associated environmental assessment to improve water quality. This will be done through salinity control, by reducing runoff and soil erosion, improving vegetation cover and the watershed's ability to retain precipitation. The plan covers about 120 square miles of Mancos Shale, in northwest Colorado characterized by erodible saline soils and a fragile ecosystem. The Lower Wolf Creek watershed has been divided into five treatment units to implement the plan's objectives. Treatment units are based on land forms and potential vegetation for determination of the appropriateness for water retention structures and/or vegetation manipulations.