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<br />54 <br /> <br />\ <br />I <br />! <br />i <br />\ <br /> <br />I questions from the state Division of wildlife." <br /> <br /> <br />2 That's the end of the statement, but Representative <br /> <br /> <br />3 Waldo did ask me to add on the record that he is an active <br /> <br />4 farmer and well acquainted with irrigated farming. <br />5 If I may, I would like to make a few remarks pertain! g <br />6 to the draft statement of my own. If I have any criticism at <br />7 all of the staten~nt, it would be perhaps that it didn't <br />8 emphasize the mitigation aspect thoroughly enough for the <br /> <br />9 inexperienced reader. So, I would like to add just a few <br />10 points there. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The,land in Soap Park, which would be inundated by <br /> <br />12 ~he reservoir, is private land. It may at this time be a <br /> <br /> <br />13 refuge for game, but at any time, the owner or owners or <br /> <br /> <br />14 future owners could subvert it to whatever they chose. The <br /> <br /> <br />IS possibility even exists that the impact of what they would <br /> <br /> <br />16 . do would be much greater as to wildlife habitat than a reser- <br /> <br /> <br />17 voir. <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />The comment on the stream flows, there are ndnimum <br /> <br />19 flows provided. From personal observation in dry years, I <br />20 would like to say that I think the stream flows provided will <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />be as great or greater than those ~lat occur naturally when <br /> <br />22 <br />we have. dry years. <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />Now, the deer range situation on Fruitland, like many <br /> <br />24 <br />others on Fruitland, I've had opportunities to get out on the <br />25 <br />area on horseback and by other ~eanB during various seasons <br />