4000

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 4000
• Author: U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Title: Report on Water For Energy in the Upper Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1974.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 6
Vegetal Types Within Key Hab itat for Selected Wildlife Species
Upper Colorado Region
(l,OOO's of acres)
Mule Bighorn Sage
Type deer Elk Moose sheep Antelope grouse Turkey Waterfowl
Conifer-aspen forest 2,532 2,545 342 2,273 2 828 3,288
Pinyon-juniper woodland 10,558 334 417 721 510 1 , 323 96
Mountain brush 1,141 594 111 13 238 852
Grass and forbs 460 114 577 392 34 25
N Northern desert shrub 7,874 1,627 313 40 3,760 7,861 465 147
...... Salt desert shrub 1,459 34 11 81 2,107 2 , 327 34 112
Southern desert shrub 462 1,218
Cropland and pasture 1,306 274 126 25 456 427 257 1,723
Totals 25,792 5,408 792 4,279 7,636 12,583 6,253 2,103