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<br />-16- <br />s <br />for these units are used for illustrative purposes. During the four <br />years from 1968-71, hunters took an average of 1,265 birds in Unit 14 <br />. and 3,844 birds in Unit 16. This represented approximately 33 percent <br />of the total statewide kill. In 1972 hunters took 916 birds in Unit <br />14 and 6,528 birds in Unit 16--37 percent of the state total. As <br />~ time goes on, the percentages of total state harvest in these two <br />units are expected to steadily increase because of continuing degrad- <br />ation of sage grouse habitat in other parts of the state; i.e. the <br />i Gunnison and Middle park areas .for example. <br />Sage grouse can also be found in the Wyoming portion of the project <br />. area. However, there is much less critical winter range within the <br />project's area of influence in Wyoming than in Colorado. As in the <br />case of antelope, most of the former sage grouse habitat within the <br />. Wyoming portion of the project has already been lost due to conversion <br />of these lands to agricultural uses. Project lands in Wyoming <br />.constitute a very small part of the large southwestern sage grouse <br />~ hunting area that, in general, extends from the Continental Divide <br />east of the project to the Utah-Idaho-Wyoming state lines on the west, <br />and is bounded on the north by Interstate 80. <br /> <br />Columbian sharptailed grouse are also found in the Savery-Pot Hook <br />Project area. The Columbian is considered to be the least common <br /> <br /> <br />