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<br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />result from shifts of the big-game herds from their normal ranges, <br /> <br /> <br />the project might seriously influenoe ~he welfare or many more elk <br /> <br /> <br />and deer. Of considerably less importance is the effect that Wagon <br /> <br /> <br />Wheel Gap Reservoir will have on the normal migration between summer <br /> <br /> <br />and winter ranges. The past route through the reservoir site and <br /> <br /> <br />Wagon Wheel Gap will be blocked. but it is believed that the big game <br /> <br /> <br />will use the areas adjacent to the reservoir and dam and roughly <br /> <br /> <br />parallel to their oustomary route. <br /> <br /> <br />Utilization and Harvest <br /> <br /> <br />57. There will be little hunting of elk and deer attributable <br /> <br /> <br />to wintering on the reservoir site. The average annual harvest is <br /> <br /> <br />expected to be about one-tenth of the without-the-projeot harvest. <br /> <br /> <br />Hunting use will be about 18 man-days and 35 man-days to kill 3 deer <br /> <br /> <br />and 5 elk, respectively. <br /> <br />Upland game <br />58. The development will result in the loss of the meager <br /> <br />upland-game resource. <br /> <br />Waterfowl <br /> <br />Habitat and Abundanoe <br />59. Grain crops and much of the rioh, shallow-water aquatic <br />habitat will be eliminated. and the rising reservoir water levels <br />during early summer will not be conducive to successful nesting. <br /> <br />About 80 broods are expected to be reared. <br /> <br /> <br />Waterfowl Utilization and Hunting <br /> <br /> <br />&l. Duoks are expected to remain until the end of October, <br /> <br /> <br />about 2 weeks later than without the projeot. because of the <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />1155 <br /> <br />