Pecos River Riparian Monitoring Program Bureau of Land Management Roswell Field Office Final Report 2001 Table of Contents Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................................................1 List of Tables.................................................................................................................................................................2 List of Figures................................................................................................................................................................2 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................4 Methods and Materials ..................................................................................................................................................4 Results and Discussion ..................................................................................................................................................9 Overview of Vegetation Community Distribution ....................................................................................................9 Riparian Allotment Status........................................................................................................................................15 Monitoring in the Future..........................................................................................................................................17 References ...................................................................................................................................................................19 Allotment Reports 2000...............................................................................................................................................20 2067 (Van Eaton).................................................................................................................................................21 Reconnaissance Plot: 2067-OPP1....................................................................................................................23 Reconnaissance Plot: 2067-OPP2....................................................................................................................24 2083 (Cortese) .....................................................................................................................................................26 Reconnaissance Plot: 2083-OPP1....................................................................................................................28 Reconnaissance Plot: 2083-OPP2....................................................................................................................29 4038/4538 (J.D. Terral) .......................................................................................................................................31 Monitoring Plot: 4038-1-1...............................................................................................................................33 Monitoring Plot: 4038-2-1...............................................................................................................................35 Monitoring Plot: 4038-3-1...............................................................................................................................37 Reconnaissance Plot: 4038-OPP1....................................................................................................................39 4039 (Roswell Livestock)....................................................................................................................................41 Monitoring Plot: 4039-1-1...............................................................................................................................43 Reconnaissance Plot 4039-OPP1.....................................................................................................................45 4040 (Larry Benedict)..........................................................................................................................................46 Monitoring Plot: 4040-1-1...............................................................................................................................48 Monitoring Plot: 4040-1-2...............................................................................................................................49 Monitoring Plot: 4040-2-1...............................................................................................................................51 Monitoring Plot: 4040-2-2...............................................................................................................................52 4050 (Gary L. Lynch)..........................................................................................................................................53 Monitoring Plot: 4050-1-1...............................................................................................................................55 Monitoring Plot: 4050-2-1...............................................................................................................................57 Monitoring Plot: 4050-2-2...............................................................................................................................58 4056 (no current lessee).......................................................................................................................................59 Monitoring Plot: 4056-1-1...............................................................................................................................61 Monitoring Plot: 4056-1-2...............................................................................................................................63 Monitoring Plot: 4056-2-1...............................................................................................................................64 Monitoring Plot: 4056-2-2...............................................................................................................................65 Monitoring Plot: 4056-3-1...............................................................................................................................67 Monitoring Plot: 4056-3-2...............................................................................................................................68 4059 (Clint Lynch) ..............................................................................................................................................69 Reconnaissance Plot: 4059-OPP1....................................................................................................................71 Reconnaissance Plot: 4059-OPP2....................................................................................................................72 4072 (Joe Durand) ...............................................................................................................................................73 Reconnaissance Plot: 4072-OPP1....................................................................................................................75 4089 (James Jenkins)...........................................................................................................................................76 Reconnaissance Plot: 4089-OPP1....................................................................................................................78 5007 (Mark Cooper) ............................................................................................................................................79 Monitoring Plot: 5007-1-1...............................................................................................................................81 Monitoring Plot: 5007-1-2...............................................................................................................................83 Monitoring Plot: 5007-2-1...............................................................................................................................85 Monitoring Plot: 5007-3-1...............................................................................................................................87 1 5020 (Tom Cooper) .............................................................................................................................................88 Monitoring Plot: 5020-1-1...............................................................................................................................90 Monitoring Plot: 5020-1-2...............................................................................................................................91 Monitoring Plot: 5020-2-1...............................................................................................................................93 Monitoring Plot: 5020-3-1...............................................................................................................................95 5023 (White Ranch).............................................................................................................................................96 Reconnaissance Plot: 5023-OPP1....................................................................................................................98