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Both in-stream and riparian habitat quality was better in headwater areas, especially on the upper Roaring Fork segments and on the upper tributaries including Maroon, Castle, and Lost Man Creeks. In these areas, the riparian and in-stream habitats were mostly in the high quality or slightly modified categories. Moving downstream from these headwater areas, the cumulative effects of roads, land development, agriculture, and pollutants clearly have an impact on stream and riparian habitat quality. The lowest Roaring Fork segments and the lower tributaries are dominated by habitats in the heavily modified and severely degraded categories. Results  A generalized habitat quality map of the Roaring Fork Watershed, showing the reaches assessed in this project. Each reach is depicted as a band of three stripes, with the outer stripes representing the habitat quality of the right and left banks (looking downstream), and the center stripe representing the in-stream habitat quality. |
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