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<br />. <br /> <br />5130 <br /> <br />I <br />" <br /> <br />The Fish and Wildlife. Service project evaluation indicates tlp'lt th"re <br />\/il1 be no gain or loss of big game or wa.tcrfm...l hunting, !Jut that <br />tllere will I)e an annual increase of 600 man-days in upland game <br />hunting. PU12blo f'eservoir \o.1ildlifc management plan will provide all <br />increase of 2,200 man-days of upland game and 4,500 man-days of <br />..aterfowl hunting annually. The proposed fish hatchery belm, Pueblo <br />Dam will increase fisl! to s\lnply the "requirement for 1751000 man-days <br />of fishing. <br /> <br />B~ "The c:onstruction of tbe . . . Project features, the c.han~es in land <br />use, and the spinoff developments Hill chan?,e the composition of 1.:ildU ft. <br />sr~cies due to: elimination of favorable habitat for species causin~ <br />a decrease in the number of tLat particular species. . . changes in <br />the !Jredator-rrey relationships, H alterinr. the food chain. And, I'SomL' <br />sensitive species may be reduced in population due to the encroilchrnent <br />of, I. increasing numhers of other species. <br /> <br />Response: <br /> <br />There are areas 'Ihere the Project features have altered the natural <br />environment. thus modifying the composition of "ildlife populations. <br />However, there are also compensatory or mitigating situations Lene- <br />fiting fishery and wildlife as described in the previous t"o responses. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />C. On page 18 concerning the endangered species, the cutthroat trout. <br />\,ole have the stntement, "According to the. . . Division of h'ilcllife then~ <br />are several potential impacts on the Colorado River cutthroat trout. <br />potential for hybridization with other species, reduction of natural <br />production (sic), excess of prolonged turbidity and its effects on <br />food organisms and spawn survival. and overexploitation by fishermen <br />due to increased accessibilitv." They go on to say the relevancy and <br />magnitude of the potential impacts can only be assessed after a study <br />to he completed by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, so the Rureau <br />admits it doesn't really kno". <br /> <br />Response: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />n,e discovery of the Colorado River cutthroat trout was the result of <br />fisherv studies financed by the Project. This recent find has renuircd <br />more intensive Investi~ation on the status, habitat, and spawninp' <br />habits of the cutthroat trout. Through cooperation with tbe Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife and the Fish and Wildlife Service. information <br />obtained from t1H'se studies "ill be assessed and plans developed to <br />help preserve this specieso The Forest Service recently closed the <br />acce~s road to the area where the Colorado River cutthroat trout pas <br />discovered, thus, lessening the probability of overexnloitation hy <br /> <br />! <br />t, <br />(' <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Xl-438 <br />