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<br />.::?, <br /> <br />w <br />w <br />U\ <br />"'-t <br /> <br />croplands, pasturelands and haylands, increase edge effect and <br />habitat diversity as well as provide corridors for movement. <br />These areas also provide habitat for species specifically <br />associated with covertypes present due to existing irrigation <br /> <br />systems and management. An example would be the marsh wren <br /> <br />(Telmatodyles palustris) and cattail/bulrush wetland complexes. <br />We identified several habitat types likely to be impacted by <br /> <br />salinity related practices. Wetland/riparian habitat types <br /> <br />include; cattail/bulrush complex, sedge/rush/saltgrass meadow <br /> <br />complex, common reed, reed canarygrass, willow/cottonwood <br /> <br />riparian complex, and open water systems. Upland habitat types <br />includej annual and perennial herbaceous vegetation, <br /> <br />cropland/pasture land and upland woody complex such as greasewood, <br /> <br />0~~ sagebrush and saltbush communities. In general, these habitat <br />types are juxtaposed relative to available moisture and soil <br /> <br />types. <br /> <br />After interagency review, the following 6 species were <br />selected to represent a guild of species associated with the <br />habitat types identifiedj marsh wren, meadow vole (Microtus <br />pennsylvanicus), yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia), screech owl <br />(otus asio), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), and pheasant <br />(phasianus colchicus). Models were adapted to reflect local <br /> <br />conditions within the project area. <br /> <br />The marsh wren, meadow vole, screech owl and yellow warbler <br /> <br />models .represent the respective single covertypesj <br /> <br />cattail/bulrush (type 3 wetland), sedge/rush/saltgrass meadows <br />(type 1 and 2 wetland complexes and type 9 wetlands) and fields <br />