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<br />Table 4. Costs for the Proposed Mishak
<br />National Wildlife Refuge
<br />
<br />Item
<br />
<br />land Acquisition
<br />
<br />7,000 acres, purchase in fee simple title
<br />
<br />Development
<br />
<br />Fencing, sheep-proof, 22 miles
<br />Posting
<br />Access road to headquarters
<br />Roads within refuge, graveled, 6 miles
<br />Dikes, 14' top width, 48 miles
<br />Structures for drainage and water control
<br />Ditches, 21 miles
<br />Refuge headquarters
<br />Engineering, supervision, administration
<br />Cont i ngenc i es
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<br />Subtotal
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<br />Total
<br />
<br />Annual Operation and Maintenance
<br />
<br />Habitat management
<br />Wildlife populations management
<br />Public use management
<br />
<br />Total
<br />
<br />Cost
<br />
<br />$350,000
<br />
<br />$33,000
<br />3,000
<br />30,000
<br />40,000
<br />327,000
<br />200,000
<br />75,000
<br />100,000
<br />150,000
<br />400,000
<br />
<br />1 ,358,000
<br />$1,708,000
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<br />$46,000
<br />11,000
<br />5,000
<br />
<br />$62,000
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<br />In addition to replacing the annual losses of waterfowl production
<br />of 1,200 ducks, 2,600 man-days of upland-game hunting, 1,200 man-
<br />days of waterfowl hunting, and 500 man-days of wildlife-oriented
<br />recreation, management of the proposed refuge could be directed to
<br />provide incidental benefits to the mitigation of the wildlife losses.
<br />Additionally, about 3,200 man-days of waterfowl hunting would pro-
<br />vide benefits of $14,400 and 600 man-days of upland-game hunting
<br />would increase benefits by $1,200 yearly. Wi ldlife-oriented recre-
<br />ation such as bird watching, photography, and nature study would be
<br />4,000 man-days with a benefit of $2,000 annually. Thus, although
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