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<br />" ,\ <br />"'---'-) <br /> <br />:,) <br /> <br />0) <br />~ <br />It? <br /> <br />double-circuits and adjacent route <br /> <br />alignments will reduce the amount of <br /> <br />additional clearing necessary. <br /> <br />The m~jor impact of the proposed trans- <br />mission lines on wildlife could be the <br /> <br />increased access, resulting in larger <br /> <br />numbers of sportsmen using the areas. <br /> <br />Locked gates at private-land boundaries <br /> <br />will reduce uncontrolled access. Most <br /> <br />of the construction will be carried out <br /> <br />during the summer months; therefore, con- <br /> <br />struction activity will have little or <br /> <br />no impact on deer, or elk migrations. <br /> <br />When the construction is completed, the <br /> <br />quality and quantity of browse on the <br /> <br />rights-of-way may actually increase, since <br /> <br />browse plants are usually typical succes- <br /> <br />sional or colonizing, species. <br /> <br />Human activity during construction and <br /> <br />blasting of holes for structures will <br /> <br />affect the local wildlife but such <br /> <br />wildlife can he expected to return when <br /> <br />the disturbance ceases. <br /> <br />-170- <br />