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<br />:';1 <br /> <br />~E! <br /> <br />IJ') <br />o::t' <br />l!? <br /> <br />these populations, will be reversed as <br /> <br />soon as revegetation begins. <br /> <br />Following these initial colonizers, <br /> <br />birds dependent largely on the food and <br /> <br />cover provided by shrubby vegetation may <br /> <br />be expected to return to the area. Pinally, <br /> <br />big game will be allowed onto the tracts <br /> <br />released from protective fencing. <br /> <br />Ultimately, if the area is not further <br />disturbed, it will support a similar <br /> <br />complement of plant and animal species, <br /> <br />assuming a successful reclamation effort, <br /> <br />as it does now, although the proportions <br /> <br />will tend to limit the value of the area <br /> <br />as wildlife habitat, as is the case in <br /> <br />the nroject area now. Development of the <br />final cut as a water impoundment would <br /> <br />benefit both uses. <br /> <br />2.3.4 Imnact of the Reservoir on Terrestrial <br /> <br />Ecosystems <br /> <br />The ecological impact of flooding the <br /> <br />reservoir site is largely associated <br /> <br />with the loss of riparian habitat <br /> <br />-166- <br />