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<br />I' J '11 ') i <br />) ~. t; '. <br /> <br />the nature and magnitude of future fish and wildlife impacts. <br />it assumes that those policies and institutions which involve <br />and are influenced by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service are <br />of greatest interest. <br /> <br />Research workers from technical, legal, social/economic and eco- <br />logical fields reviewed the available literature related to fish and wild- <br />life, water, and development in the Upper Missouri River Basin to identify <br />needs that have been pointed out by policy makers or research workers in <br />the field. Scientific articles and books provided statements by research <br />workers as to what they regard as unsolved questions and what they consider <br />to be fruitful lines for further pursuit. Reports on policy and on pro- <br />spective environmental impacts provided notes by individuals and agencies <br />on issues that remain unsolved and apparently deserve attention. <br />In addition, an effort was made to consult individuals familiar <br />with scientific problems in the region concerning what they regard as areas <br />deserving early and intense probing. These judgments reflect differing ad- <br />ministrative positions and missions of the various groups, and in their <br />diversity they reveal the variety of viewpoints that are brought to bear on <br />new energy development and wildlife habitat management in the basin. A <br />consensus among them is not to be sought. Rather. it is important to rec- <br />ognize the spread of their views and to sort out those which define most <br />precisely the information needs ahead. <br />Based on the information gathered through interviews and litera- <br />ture reviews, three hypothetical situations depicting possible future de- <br />velopment were created. The situations were designed to provide a frame- <br />work through which a broad perspective of development-related impacts could <br />be viewed. Two of the situations. Custer County, Montana, and Watkins, <br />Colorado, portrayed large scale synthetic fuel development projects and <br />were designed to show impacts on both terrestrial and aquatic habitat. <br />Impacts were projected to result from direct water allocation changes re- <br />lated to development. e.g.: reservoir construction or transfer of agri- <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />":.h':::-\\. <br />..... . .. .......' <br />".-:: . "'~ ," : .-.;.:'; <br />....,. <br /> <br />. ".' <br /> <br />....... <br /> <br />;:.:..;;./;..:.;.g\::~;;.:,?(" <br /> <br />.......-.- -' '.":.. '. <br />