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<br />-10- <br />In June 1974, Wyoming estimated the annual fishing pressure on the <br />Little Snake River from the Colorado line downstream to Dixon to be <br />20 fishermen per mile, and from Dixon downstream again to the Colorado <br />line at 10 fishermen per mile. Relatively little fishing pressure is <br />exerted on the lowermost 7 miles of Savery Creek, below the existing <br />Dolan Mesa diversion structure, because of frequent low flows resulting <br />from irrigation withdrawals. On the 16 miles of Savery Creek above the <br />Dolan Mesa diversion, the fisherman use is estimated at 50 man-days per <br />mile. Although the Colorado Division of Wildlife does not have any hard <br />data regarding fishing pressure on Slater Creek, it is believed to be <br />comparable to the angler use on the 16 miles of Savery Creek above the <br />Dolan Mesa diversion. All of these streams (Little Snake River, Savery <br />Creek, and Slater Creek) could easily support double the present fishing <br />pressure--even under existing habitat conditions. <br /> <br />Wildlife <br />About 5,00.0 elk, part of an interstate herd, winter in and near <br />the project area. The Colorado Division of Wildlife has captured <br />and tagged a substantial number of these wintering elk. Tags <br />were returned from a wide area extending in an arc from Battle <br />Mountain in Wyoming to the north, along the Continental Divide <br />to the east and southeast, and from points southwest of the tagging <br />site (Figure 5). <br />~, <br /> <br />