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.OI'l?"~'!2 lJ..., Jv f . . 15 5. Project reauthorization include the Mishak National Wild- life Refuge as shown on Plate I I. 6. To replace waterfowl losses approximately 7,000 acres of land, as delineated on Plate I I, be purchased at an estimated cost of $350.000 and together with 2,300 acres of public lands, and 4,500 acres of project land be devel- oped at an estimated cost of $1,358,000 as an integral part of the project and made avai lable to the Secretary of the Interior for waterfowl management in accordance with the terms of a General Plan as provided for in Sec- tion 3 of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 7. A controllable water supply of 8,000 acre-feet consumptive use annually for the Mishak National Wildlife Refuge should be obtained from the well field in lieu of surface water in exchange for well water. 8. The project provide an estimated 5.300 acre-feet of water per annum, to supplement that available on the A1amosa National Wildlife Refuge area, to assure a total supply of 14,000 acre-feet per annum for waterfowl management purposes. 9. To avoid damage to the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, location and design.of the main conveyance channel within the refuge be planned cooperatively by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and the Bureau of Reclamation. It is recognized that final implementation of Recommendations Nos. 5,7, and 8 is contingent upon approval by the State of Colorado. CONCLUS IONS Construction of the water-salvage project would result in an annu- al increase of 14,500 man-days of stream fishing and 14,000 man- days of lake fishing with annual benefIts of $43,500 and $21,000, respectively. Wildlife losses would be severe. Upland-game losses would amount to 2,600 man-days and waterfowl losses of 1,200 man- days of hunting, together with a loss of production of 12,000 ducks annually. Wildlife-oriented recreation losses of 500 man-days annu- ally also would occur.