Fluvial Hazard Zone mapping represents a significant and necessary step forward in identifying and addressing hazards posed by flood events. Flood hazard reduction, in the long-term, will primarily be measured by our ability to solve problems at the watershed and river corridor scale, and secondarily, by how we resolve conflicts at individual sites. From a physical standpoint, this means recognizing that rivers transport and deposit water and sediment and debris, and that streams are naturally dynamic systems prone to move.
This issue brief provides an overview of early literacy education and assessment programs, specifically the provisions of the Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) Act, the assessment of reading skills, and the oversight of local education providers as it pertains to literacy education.
In 2013, the Colorado office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contacted the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) for assistance in conducting a climate change vulnerability assessment to help focus attention on the highest priority species and habitats. In 2015, CNHP completed vulnerability assessments for 98 species and 20 ecological systems. That assessment highlighted two clear priorities for BLM management in Colorado: pinyon-juniper woodlands and native fish. Since the vulnerability assessment was completed, we have continued to work with Colorado BLM to expand our understanding of climate impacts on pinyon-juniper woodlands and fisheries, and to develop data products designed to feed into BLM planning processes at the Field Office scale.
