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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />roughly one-third of the elk harvested in Utah that year. During the <br /> <br />period 1970-76, an average of 1,500 mule deer per year were harvested on <br /> <br />the Uintas. The deer harvest was made by an average annual force of <br /> <br />4,300 hunters (John and Fair 1977). <br /> <br />Sage grouse, ruffed grouse, and the blue grouse have sizable popula- <br />tions in the Uinta Mountains. In 1976, in an attempt to enrich the <br />upland game bird resource of Utah, the Division of Wildlife Resources <br />reintroduced the ptarmigan into the alpine zone of Painter. Basin on the <br />- ") <br />Uinta North Slope. The population is apparently reproducing in its new <br /> <br />home (Hall 1978). <br /> <br />Timber Resources <br /> <br />About 44% of the saw timber now harvested in Utah comes from the <br />Uintas (Setzer and Thorssell 1977). The total volume of timber harvested <br />5 3 6 3 <br />on the range amounts to over 1.41 x 10 m (5 x 10 ft) per year. <br />Lodgepole pine is the primary contributor to the harvest at 58.6% of the <br />total; Engelmann spruce contributes almost 31% of the total (Harper et <br />al. 1978). <br /> <br />Grazing Resources <br /> <br />The Uintas provide summer forage for domestic grazers for an <br /> <br />equivalent of 119,709 animal unit months. The grazing is allotted about <br /> <br />equally to cattle (52.1%) and sheep (45.7%). Horses account for 2.2% of <br /> <br />the permitted grazing pressure (Harper et al. 1978). <br /> <br />RECREATION <br />The Uintas are a major recreation ground for the population centers <br /> <br />along the Wasatch Front in Utah. If one includes visitors to the Flaming <br />