Site Details - Calling All Wetlands
 
Independence Pass


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  08/22/2017
West
Colorado
USA
401
Location: Colorado Hwy 82 at Pass
 
Author(s): Larry Handley
Association: Retiree
       Latitude: 39.106870
Longitude: -106.561074
         
Wetland Category: Open Water
Description: Mountain lake above treeline. A remnant glacial lake that is shallow and gradually filling in. Emergent Marsh of Scirpus spp. and scrub-shrub encroaching open water along shoreline. Alpine lakes in area provide good summer habitat for migratory waterfowl.
 
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