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<br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />t ; ~~;5 <br /> <br />. I <br /> <br />ENCAMPMENT RIVER <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />The Encampment River provides high quality habitat for a wide <br /> <br />variety of fish and wildlife species. <br /> <br />Fron, its beginning from the <br /> <br />C0T1tin~!1t::l1 Di,..ide, <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />:ri'.'er [10'.'.'8 n~:rth'.'.'3..:::"d th:r8:.1gh t"'.'G <br /> <br />.."" rot r:> 1--. I-~ ....... <br />. .....0...... ..~...~. '- <br /> <br />life zones, the Canadian and Transition, to the Colorado - Wyoming <br /> <br />state line. <br /> <br />The mountainous area is generally canposed of spruce-fir <br /> <br />forests at higher elevations, and lodgepole pme at lower elevations, <br /> <br />Numerous parks, meadows and aspen groves are interspersed among the <br /> <br />timber and excellent riparian habitat occurs along the river at lower <br /> <br />elevations. <br /> <br />A partial list of fish and wildlife found in the study area is appended. <br /> <br />It does not include numerous' species of waterfowl, reptiles, amphibians <br /> <br />shrews, or bats. <br /> <br />Most of the species are resident ot the area although <br /> <br />many of the birds are migrants. <br /> <br />Big Game <br /> <br />Big game species in the area are deer, elk, black bear, mountain lion, <br /> <br />bighorn sheep and a few antelope. <br /> <br />Approxin1ately 400 deer use the area during the spring, Sll1l1111er, and <br /> <br />fall months. <br /> <br />During the sunlnler they concentrate along the river bottonl <br /> <br />and small tributa ries where food, water and cover a re abundant. <br /> <br />During <br /> <br />the winter most deer migrate northward to lower winter range outside the <br />