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<br />;'j <br /> <br />c'~~:~_:~l <br />#!.'N' <br /> <br />OJ <br />00 <br />0) <br />.-4 <br /> <br />Vc'tjetn.: iOl"; <br /> <br />VcgcLlt: ive condit ions are extrel1i(;ly '._~:lricd in the pr'nj <br /> <br />" <br />. <br /> <br />area, becau4:; c of the wide rD.n.ge ()f tOjlOt.;r.."'-ph ir. and c 1 im;.:.t: if; (>~'nd 1. t:i G', <br /> <br />The proposed high elevation reservoir:'> ace in the aspen, Dp::jl(-;''::~, a;"id <br /> <br />h~n(h grass zone, the lower reservoir is in a sagebrush t-l,nd ~:~catt':~:rcd <br /> <br />oakbrush zone, and the project service arca is predominantcly a <br /> <br />~l-lgebrush zone, although much of this zone is producing i:cri.~:):':.t:cd CY(<JS <br /> <br />or dryland wheat, <br /> <br />The higher zones contain Engelmann spruce, lodgepole piI1C', <br /> <br />alpine fir, aspen) SOme sage, bunch gr;1sses, willow,', and ".n"'''o',1 <br /> <br />flowers. The lower vegetative zones are dominated by sugdo;:nsh, <br /> <br />annual And perenial grasses, scattered oakbrush, pinon, juniper, <br /> <br />serviceberry, and cultivated crops of grain;:l:1eadow grasses, and <br /> <br />alfalfa. The pinon, juniper, and oakbrush ire generally intcrsper:;ed <br /> <br />on the ridges and steeper hillsides. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />The existing fishing in the projects impact. area has been est Lm.,-,::2d <br /> <br />at about 11,700 man-days annually, including 11,200 for strea~ fis~ir~ <br /> <br />and 500 for reservoir fishing. The full potential of the White RiveT <br /> <br />is not realized because in the 52 miles of stream fishing that may <br /> <br />be affected by the project only 7 miles are on public lands cad Op0~ <br /> <br />to public use. The remaining 45 miles are on privately olh,ed lands <br /> <br />and only about one-half of these are open to fishing by permission. <br /> <br />Some of the rc\1:aini.ng waters a.re open ::0 paying guests G f ~h.;'_ propr:l.n~ y <br /> <br />{)'..,ners. Very little fishing is availabl e in Hilk Creek except in <br /> <br />6 <br />