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<br />\00 (permanent wet grass pastures), mature cottonwood trees, and <br />~, <br /> <br />willow (type 6 wetlands). While the mallard, and pheasant models <br /> <br />represent multiple covertype users. They utilize wetlands, <br />~ <br />~ cropland, annual and perennial upland herbaceous cover and in the <br />~ <br />QQ case of pheasant, woody cover. The multiple covertype species <br /> <br />'help assess interspersion of habitat types. Covertypes used for <br /> <br />the above 'species models include cropland, annual herbaceous <br /> <br />cover, perennial herbaceous cover, orchards/vineyards, <br /> <br />pastureland/hayland, lakes/ponds, palustrine emergent vegetation <br />(PEM), rivers/streams, rangeland and woody cover. <br /> <br />METHODS <br /> <br />~;) Wildlife Habitat Evaluation And Monitoring <br />The habitat evaluation procedure (HEP) developed by the u.S. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife service is being used to evaluate habitat <br /> <br />quality for the selected wildlife species. Covertype data <br /> <br /> <br />collected from individual salinity contracts and monitoririg sites <br /> <br /> <br />will,be used to calculate Habitat suitability Indices (HSI) for <br /> <br />the selected wildlife species. HSI models separate basic habitat <br />needs or relationships to calculate or predict the effects of <br />vegetative habitat changes on seiected wildlife,species. The <br /> <br />habitat suitability for any wildlife species depends upon life <br /> <br />requisites for that species which may include food, water, cover, <br />space and seasonal availability of these factors. The HSI is a <br />numerical index rating which measures the quality of the habitat <br /> <br />suitability for wildlife using an index rating value from 0.0 to <br />