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<br />...-.;;..' <br />"::';}': <br /> <br />...'...... <br />~<\:;~. <br /> <br />'-," <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />t.." <br /> <br />TABLE '.7: (Cover Tvoe Recortl <br /> <br />The cover type report reflects conversion of a particular <br />cover type due to implementation of salinity control <br />measures. As'stated before, wetland conversions were the. <br />result of de-watering and enhancement (this includes stands <br />of willows associated with ditches and laterals replaced <br />with buried pipe). As one can observe, large acreages of <br />annual herbland were converted (all to pasture and hayland <br />or perennial herbland). The majority of this land was <br />actually tilled pasture and hay land which had lain dormant <br />long enough to establish annual weed cover (thus the <br />designation of annual herbland). Many irrigated orchards in <br />the McElmo Creek salinity area have died out or were not <br />economically productive and are being converted to pasture <br />and hay land. For the most part these orchards are very low <br />in value for wildlife as they are grazed heavily by <br />livestock and are surrounded by fences capable of keeping <br />large mammals out. Native rangeland (sagebrush, 4-winged <br />saltbush) and woody vegetation (cottonwoods, pinon and <br />juniper) have been removed, and converted to pasture and <br />hay land in order to square up existing fields to facilitate <br />the installation and use of sprinkler siderolls. Perennial <br />herbland has increased in acreage as some native rangeland, <br />annual herbland, and pasture and hay land have been ~lanted <br />to grass/legume mixtures for wildlife nesting cover. The <br />greatest change has been the increase in acreage .of pasture <br />and hay land for the reasons stated above. <br />