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<br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE REPORT <br /> <br />provided with screens. The Florida Canal does not enter into the Bureau <br />of Reclamation's plan of construction nor do any of the other diversions <br />from the Florida River except the Florida Fanners Ditch. However, screens <br />when necessary are essentially stream-improvement features as they would <br />prevent periodic reductions of the fish population of the stream. Such <br />improvements are not suggested as features the sponsor should be required <br />to incorporate into the plan of improvement, but rather as a means to <br />increas6J the benefits that would accrue to the project. <br /> <br />47. stream and channel improvements designed to create the best possible <br />conditions for trout with the small stream flows that would exist at <br />certain periods would result in significant benefits to the fishery. <br />Methods of improvement would probably include deflectors, dams, channel- <br />ing, and plantings. Incorporation of stream-improvement features and <br />installa tion of fish screens in the plan of improvement would result in <br />annual fishery benefits amounting to $3,300. Cost of this development <br />amortized for a period of 100 years, plus annual operation and maintenance <br />charges, would amount to an estimated $1,400. <br /> <br />Summary of Values <br /> <br />48. Construction and operation of the Florida Project as proposed by the <br />sponsor would result in a net annual benefit to fish and wildlife resources. <br />Additional values would be created under the plan reconunended in this report. <br />Estimates of annual fish and wildlife values are summarized in Table 5. <br /> <br />10 <br />