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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0.'9 t~ 5'7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />in Colorado would improve in quality and be fished for .much longer <br />periods than it would without these increased flows. Fishing would <br />be about 4,000 man-days annually, an increase of 3,000 man-days, on <br />the 32 miles of the Rio Grande in Colorado. <br /> <br />The salvaged water would improve the trout habitat of the Rio Grande <br />in New Mexico and result in an increase in fishing. Fishing on the ~ <br />Rio Grande within New Mexico would be 25,000 man-days, an increase <br />of 9,500 man-days annually. <br /> <br />Table 1 summarizes fishing that would be expected without the proj- <br />ect and with the project. <br /> <br />Table 1. Fishing in Man-days Annually <br /> <br />Type and location Wi thout Wi th Gain or <br />Project Project loss <br />Stream Fishing <br />Conveyance channel 0 2,000 2,000 <br />Rio Grande, Colorado 1,000 4,000 3,000 <br />Rio Grande, New Mex i co 15,500 25,000 9,500 <br />Reservoir Fishing <br />San Luis lake 1,000 15,000 14,000 <br /> <br />WilDLIFE <br /> <br />Without the Project <br /> <br />The area of project influence on wildlife includes about 100,000 <br />acres bordering the main conveyance channel in Saguache and Alamosa <br />Counties, Colorado. <br /> <br />Two national wildlife refuges are located in the San Luis Valley. <br />They are the 13,548-acre Monte Vista National Wi ldlife Refuge, <br />established in 1952 in Alamosa and Rio Grande Counties, and the <br />10,358-acre Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1963 <br />in Alamosa County. The primary function of the refuges is to pro- <br />vide suitable resting and nesting habitat for waterfowl and resident <br />upland game and to provide food and protection for waterfowl and <br />sandh ill cranes. <br />