Upper White Watershed Assessment
The watershed assessment is following a procedure prescribed by the Front Range Watershed Protection Data Refinement Work Group titled “Protecting Critical Watersheds in Colorado from Wildfire: A Technical Approach to Watershed Assessment and Prioritization”. See sidebar for more information.
This watershed is the fourth-level Upper White Watershed. The watershed assessment area was modified because the watersheds on flatter ground outside of the forested areas would skew the results of the prioritization. The following fifth-level watersheds were removed from the assessment area:
Crooked Wash-White River
Strawberry Creek-White River, except for the sixth-level watershed Flag Creek that was retained in the assessment area
The Phase 1 analysis has been completed. Please review the results (see sidebar).
Please contact Brad Piehl for further information.