CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



General Characteristics 1 



CLIMATE 4 



Precipitation 4 



Air Temperature 6 



Additional Climatic Measurements 6 



GEOLOGY AND SOILS 7 



Geology 7 



Seismic Survey 7 



Soils 8 



VEGETATION 10 



Aspen 11 



Grass-Forb 11 



Mountain Brush 13 



Sagebrush-Grass 13 



Wet Meadow 13 



Conifer 15 



WILDLIFE 16 



SOIL MOISTURE AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION . 17 



Soil Moisture 17 



Evapotranspiration 18 



STREAMFLOW 20 



Gaging Stations 20 



Streamflow 20 



Calibration 21 



WATER QUALITY 23 



Sediment Measurement 23 



Water Temperature 23 



Chemical Quality 23 



Bacteriological Quality 24 



SUMMARY 25 



LITERATURE CITED 26 



APPENDIX 27 



Soil Profile Descriptions 28 



Laboratory Analysis of Soils (Table 7) 40-41 



Streamflow Summary (Table 8) 42 



Common and Scientific Names of Species 43 



Water Quality Analysis (Table 9) 45 



Water Quality Analysis (Table 10) 46 



Isopach Map of the Depth of Surface Material 48 



Map of the Velocity of the Second Layer 49 



Soil Classification Map 52 



Vegetation Types Map 53 



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