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<br />t <br /> <br />WETlAND HABITAT IMPACT #3: Loss of 193 habttat untts associated with wetland wildlife <br />species represented by the elk model. <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />Associated ManaQement Actions: <br /> <br />Wetland habitat management actions # 1, 2, 3, and 6 <br /> <br />Approach: <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />The existing HSI for the entire study area of 0.222 is projected to reach 0.87 through <br />implementation of the management actions. <br /> <br />Projected changes in habitat parameters associated with management actions include the <br />following: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1. Deciduous shrub co....er less than 2 meters in height will increase from the existing 7 percent to <br />approximately 30 percent within the willow riparian and cottonwood/Willow riparian habitat types <br />through interplanting 32 acres of willow wh:hin the willow riparian vegetation type, restoring the <br />hydrology, and removal of grazing. <br /> <br />2. Herbaceous cover within the wet meadow, willow riparian, and cottonWOOd/willow riparian types <br />will increase to at least 90 percent through removal 01 grazing and restoring hydrology. <br /> <br />3. WHlow cover in the wet meadow vegetation type will increase from less than 1 percent, which <br />exists on the area, to approximately 15 percent through removal of grazing and restoring the <br />hydrology. Since this natural revegetation will be a relatively slow process, low-density willow <br />plantings on 5 acres of wet meadow will be done to reduce the lag time between impacts and <br />mitigation as well as stabilize the stream bank. . <br /> <br />Expected Results: <br />The management actions witl result in a gain of 208 elk habitat units on the mitigation area, which <br />will fully replace the 193 habitat units lost in the reservoir basin, with a surplus of 15 habitat units. <br /> <br />WETLAND HABITAT IMPACT #4: Loss of wildlife habitat associated with 8 acres of pond habitat <br />and 3 acres of cottonwood habitat. <br /> <br />Associated Manaaement ActIons; <br /> <br />Wetland habitat management actions #2, 4, 5, and 6. <br /> <br />Approach: <br /> <br />A minimum of 8 surface acres of pond habitat will be created in intermittent and dry oxbows <br />through restoration and augmentation of hydrology. In addition, 7 acres of cottonwood will be <br />planted. <br /> <br />Expected Results: <br />The 8 acres of ponds and 3 acres of cottonwood lost in the reselYoir basin will be replaced acra- <br />for.acre with a surplus of 4 acres of cottonwood habitat <br /> <br />23 <br />