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<br />I <br /> <br />The Lake Andes-Wagner area lands have been studied for many years. Several <br />studies, which provided partial coverage of the survey area, were available <br />to assist soil scientists in the 1981-84 Lake Andes-Wagner detailed <br />sprinkler land classification. These studies include the USBR South Dakota <br />Pumping Division (BCB area) studies (1959); the 1966 USBR detailed gravity <br />land classification; the incomplete 1972 USBR sprinkler land <br />classification, and a 1977 irrigation suitability study from <br />Benjamin, Kasl and Associates. Profile logs were also available from <br />informal USBR studies completed between 1956 and 1980. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I, <br />I <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The project area and adjacent lands are noted for excellent duck and <br /> <br /> <br />pheasant hunting. The nearby Missouri River Valley is in the central <br /> <br />flyway and serves as a major flyway for migrating waterfowl and large num- <br /> <br /> <br />bers of passerine birds. <br /> <br />White-tailed deer are present, particularly in multirow shelterbelts and <br /> <br /> <br />thickly vegetated marshes. Several species of fur bearing animals including <br /> <br /> <br />mink, beaver, fox, and raccoon are found along Choteau Creek and other marshy <br /> <br /> <br />areas. Other common mammals are the fox squirrel and cottontail rabbit. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under their program for preserving <br /> <br /> <br />wetland tracts fo,r waterfowl production, has 520 acres under protective <br /> <br /> <br />easement in the project area. The State of South Dakota owns the 750-acre <br /> <br /> <br />Red Lake Game Production Area in addition to 257 acres leased under the <br /> <br />pheasant-restoration program. The Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge is <br /> <br /> <br />divided into several units, of which the Owens Bay Unit (832 acres) is the <br /> <br /> <br />most significant for wildlife. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />There is no fishery resource on project lands. Lake Francis Case has a <br /> <br /> <br />good reservoir fishery, and downstream, the Missouri River provides an <br /> <br /> <br />excellent riverine fishery. Kallemeyn (1977) recorded 46 different fish <br /> <br /> <br />species in this section of river. The dominant game species were walleye <br /> <br /> <br />channel catfish, and yellow perch. There are no known fishery data from <br /> <br /> <br />Choteau Creek; it is assumed that the lower portion contains species <br /> <br />endemic to the Missouri River. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />