Arkansas River Valley and San Luis Valley reservoirs

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: presence
  • Year: 1983 - 1985
  • Most Recent Adults: presence
  • Year: 1985
  • Survey Type: N/A
  • Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
Lake name:
Arkansas River Valley and San Luis Valley reservoirs
Location:
Colorado
Basin type:
reservoir
Comments:
One of the major river basins of Colorado with great irrigation demand. Arkansas River Valley has very high municipal and commercial water use in Colorado. The San Luis Valley of the Rio Grande River area is economically depressed.

Surveys (1)

Survey Citation:
Bunn, Richard. 1986. Breeding records for Clark's grebe in Colorado and Nevada. 46(3): 30. Published by Great Basin Naturalist.

  • Time period
    1983, 1985
  • Source
    Notes
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 presence 1983 - 1985
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 presence 1985
Max Nests N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Nests N/A N/A N/A
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

This is an anecdotal account of how Clark's grebes made up about half or more of the breeding Aechmophorus grebes in the unnamed reservoirs of these valleys between 1983 and 1985.

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