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<br />Table 1. Summary of expected impacts <br /> <br />Studied Att~ibute <br /> <br />PRODUCERS <br />Floristics: <br /> <br />Alpine Tundra <br /> <br />Community Structure: <br /> <br />Scrub <br />- Oak community <br /> <br />Forest <br />- Aspen Community <br />- Fir Community <br />- Spruce-Fir Community <br />- Spruce Community <br /> <br />Tundra <br />- Fellfield Community <br />- Kobresia Community <br />- Geum Community <br />- Snovbank Community <br /> <br />~ <br />w <br /> <br />Production: <br /> <br />- Oak <br /> <br />- Aspen <br /> <br />Reproduc t ion: <br /> <br />Deer mouse <br />Vole <br /> <br />Population Size: <br /> <br />Elk <br /> <br />Gopher <br /> <br />Deer mouse <br /> <br />Strengt.h8) <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />Valueb) <br /> <br />+2 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />-I <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />-I <br /> <br />-I <br /> <br />-I <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />-2 <br /> <br />Expected Detectabil1ty c) <br /> <br />Short Term <br />(<"5 yr.) <br /> <br />Long Term <br />(:r 5 y~.) <br /> <br />Comments <br /> <br />Increased habitat for rare <br />species. <br /> <br />Change in late summer mois- <br />ture <br /> <br />Based on long standing <br />patterns. Effect through <br />survival of fir seedlings. <br /> <br />Based on long-standing <br />patterns, genecological <br />studies, and snow cover <br />ation and soil moistu~e <br /> <br />No effects observed <br /> <br />dur- <br />effects. <br /> <br />Low <br /> <br />Hed <br /> <br />Slight decrease through <br />moisture stress and abbre- <br />viated growing season. <br /> <br />Lowered no. of litters/year <br />because of delayed snowmelt <br /> <br />Winter mortality through <br />reduced winter range and <br />some calving loss. <br /> <br />No effect observed <br /> <br />Higher mortality from <br />delayed snowmelt <br /> <br />a) - Strength of relationship between snow and attribute, not snow augmentation and attribute (Appendix A). <br />b) - As in Bureau of Reclamation Rating System (Appendix A). <br />c) - Detectability as defined in text. <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Low <br /> <br />Low <br />Low <br />Low <br />Low <br /> <br />High <br />High <br />High <br />High <br /> <br />Low <br />Low <br />Low <br />Low <br /> <br />Low <br />Low <br />Hed <br />High <br /> <br />NOT'le <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Low <br /> <br />Low <br /> <br />Low <br />Hed <br /> <br />Low <br />Low <br /> <br />Hed <br /> <br />Hed <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />High <br /> <br />High <br /> <br />Report <br />reference. . <br /> <br />c::I <br />Q <br />C>-, <br />t" <br />-1 <br />.- <br /> <br />Webber et al. <br /> <br />John <br />Sweeney <br /> <br />Dix and <br />Richards <br /> <br />Webber et sl. <br /> <br />John <br />SweeT'ley <br />Mogren/ <br />Fechner !Reid <br /> <br />Sleeper/ <br />Spencer <br />Jim Sweeney <br /> <br />Stoecker! <br />Steinhoff <br />Sleeper! <br />Steinhoff <br />