National Park Service Grant for Grand Ditch Restoration Monitoring and Adaptive Management
SynopsisVersion HistoryRelated DocumentsPackage This grant is for the critical purpose of monitoring the Grand Ditch restoration project, addressing significant environmental damage caused by the 2003 breach. The breach deposited vast amounts of sediment into Lulu Creek and the Colorado River, severely impacting the Lulu City wetland by diverting the river and creating a permanently saturated meadow. This has drastically altered the historic floodplain vegetation from a diverse tall willow community, crucial [...]