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<br />-22- <br />~ drawdown. The remaining 9 percent of storage capacity will serve <br />as the fish management base. Under these conditions, the biological <br />productivity will be so low that fingerling stocking would not yield <br />~ a satisfactory return. Consequently, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department <br />would have to maintain this fishery by stocking subcatchable (5-6 inch) <br />trout on an annual basis. <br /> <br />It is estimated that Savery Reservoir will support only 1,300 angler- <br />days annually, valued at $3.00 per day. However, the costs (for <br />~ stocking, routine management, access maintenance, and trash pickup) <br />necessary to maintain the fishery at even this low level will <br />certainly be in excess of $4,000 per year. <br /> <br />Wildlife <br />The project will impact elk during the winter and spring months <br />. because of the loss of winter range in the proposed reservoir areas. <br />Even more significant will be the increased level of crop depredation <br />by elk resulting from the expanded agricultural base. Colorado and <br />. Wyoming wildlife agencies are required by law to prevent game damage <br />if at all possible or to pay for such damage if it cannot be prevented. <br />Damage control, then, becomes a top priority--as well as an extremely <br />. expensive item--in an elk management program and may even dictate its <br />direction. <br />Elk have had a long history of causing crop damage in the Savery- <br />~ Pot Hook Project area (Figure 13). The wintering population may now <br /> <br />