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<br />.'}') <br /> <br />.-,,,.., <br />,) <br /> <br />co <br /> <br />"'" <br />In <br /> <br />which would occur with or without the <br /> <br />added capacity required by the Yampa <br /> <br />Project. The increment added by the <br />Project may be seen in Figure 22, which <br /> <br />illustrates the change in water level, <br /> <br />equivalent to that required by the Project, <br /> <br />during maximum drawdown. Roughly one- <br /> <br />third of the total streambank habitat <br /> <br />inundated by the reservoir will be the <br />result of the increased-capacity design, <br /> <br />Filling the reservoir will displace a <br />herd of 60 to 65 deer which normally <br /> <br />use the streambank habitats. Preliminary <br /> <br />investigations indicate that adjacent <br />suitable habitat upstream is only <br /> <br />slightly used; so displacement should <br /> <br />be possible. <br /> <br />The non-riparian habitat to be inundated <br /> <br />by the reservoir is considered to be of <br /> <br />relatively poor quality. Its loss will <br /> <br />probably not prove significant. Possibly <br /> <br />of more importance will be the disturbance <br /> <br />of wildlife and vegetation caused by the <br /> <br />-167- <br />