The project area consists of an approximately 600-mile long riparian corridor that includes the lower Colorado River from the Southerly International Border with Mexico north to Lake Mead, the entire shoreline of Lake Mead, the Virgin River from Lake Mead to Little Field Arizona, the Colorado River from Lake Mead to Separation Rapid in Grand Canyon, the Bill Williams from Lake Havasu to Alamo Lake, and approximately nine miles of the Lower Gila River. The total area was 1,790 square miles. Riparian vegetation classification was conducted for the entire study area based on Anderson-Ohmart and additional classes were added (AG, OW, SOW, BW, UD, and NC) to capture non-riparian features. Vegetation classification was conducted October-November [...]
