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						Clear/Bear Creek Watershed Assessment for the US Forest Service Bark Beetle Incident This watershed assessment followed 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 Watershed Wildfire Protection Group for more information. This watershed is a combination of the fourth-level Clear Creek Watershed and the fifth-level Bear Creek Watershed. They were combined because: Clear Creek is a small fourth-level watershed Bear Creek is part of the Upper South Platte Watershed that has been assessed before Bear Creek became part of the fourth-level Upper South Platte watershed. They are adjacent and similar in the characteristics that are in this assessment. The watershed assessment area was modified because the watersheds on the plains would skew the results of the prioritization. The following sixth-level watersheds were removed from the assessment area: Outlet Bear Creek Lower Ralston Creek Table Mountain-Clear Creek Outlet Clear Creek The Phase 1 analysis has been completed. Please review the report for more information. Clear/Bear Creek Phase 1 Watershed Assessment


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