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\ -- ~ --, - , . : -,!'~ ,,; J-', ',1",,_, ~,' ", ,_ _ ~. __ VII. Conclusion A. General The project would result in the loss of about 1,050 man-days of fishing in the Blanca WHA. Construction of the project as planned would result in an annual increase of 23,000 man-days of stream fishing and 40,000 man-days of lake fishing. Annual benefits associated with the stream fishing would be $69,000 and about $100,000 for the lake fishing. The project would adversely impact 8,460 acres of wetlands and about 11,000 acres of vegetation. This translates into a loss of about 3,400 ducks and 594 man-days of hunting. The project would also result in the loss of 338,400 other water bird use-days per season. Adoption of the recommendations contained in this report would compensate for the loss of fishing habitat, wetlands, and other wildlife habitat caused by the project. Due to the fact that the mitigation plan is designed to compensate for habitat losses rather than man-days of hunting or waterfowl production, the revised plan would result in substantial enhancement benefits to fish and wild- life resources. In addition to the fishery benefits outlined above, the project would result in the additional production of about 13,000 waterfowl. The addi- tional waterfowl would provide 2,200 man-days of hunting with annual net bene- fits of about $21,000. The development of the higher quality wetlands would result in an increase of about 240,180 other water bird use-days/season. As a result of this increase, there would be about 7,000 additional man-days of wild- life oriented use with net benefits of about $14,000 annually. B. Capital Costs of the Fish and Wildlife Plan The estimated total capital cost of the fish and wildlife aspects of the project based on January 1981 prices is $4,772,900. Annual 0 and M of the mitigation features on Alamosa NWR and Russell Lakes area is expected to be about $52,100. Table 12 shows a breakdown of these costs. 34