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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 /> <br />11 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />STUDY OBJECTIVES <br />Under the terms of the subcontract between the Utah Division of <br />Water Resources and Brigham Young University, the following objectives <br />were outlined. <br />a. Prepare a literature review on ecological impacts of weather <br />modification (especially snow augmentation) on natural en- <br />vironments, agriculture, and other activities of prime concern <br /> <br />to man. Emphasis will be placed on identifying impacts that <br />. it <br />are well understood as well as those that will need further <br /> <br />attention in the Uinta Mountains. <br />. <br />b. Assemble available data on kinds and extents of natural <br /> <br />ecosystems, local climates, water yield, and current locations <br /> <br /> <br />and intensities of various human activities in the Uinta <br /> <br /> <br />Mountains. Current activities of resource management-agencies <br /> <br /> <br />in the Uintas will be noted. <br /> <br /> <br />c. Identify major sources of published information and primary <br /> <br /> <br />contact persons knowledgeable about current activities in or <br /> <br /> <br />dependent upon the Uintas. <br /> <br /> <br />d. Locate an area within the Uinta Range that is suitable and <br /> <br /> <br />accessible for long term monitoring. <br /> <br /> <br />e. Establish a network of permanent vegetation monitoring sites <br /> <br /> <br />in the alpine tundra, subalpine meadows, spruce-fir forests, <br /> <br />and lodgepole pine forest of the Uinta Mountains. <br /> <br />f. Identify the impacts of lateness of snowpack disappearance on <br /> <br />phytosociology, total plant productivity of various plant <br /> <br />"compartments" such as annuals, perennial forbs, perennial <br /> <br />grasses, shrubs, and trees in each ecosystem identified above. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />