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<br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />TABLE I <br /> <br />Amounts of Wetland and Riparian Habitats in the Price and San Rafael <br />River Basins. <br /> <br />Price River Basin <br />Wetlands <br />Riparian <br />Total Price River Basin <br /> <br />8,000 Acres <br />2.850 Acres along the Price River <br />10,850 Acres <br /> <br />San Rafael River Basin <br /> <br />Wetlands <br />Riparian <br /> <br />Total San Rafael Basin <br /> <br />11. 000 Acres <br />3,400 Acres along San Rafael River <br />2.740 Acres along Cottonwood, Ferron, <br />Huntington, and Rock Canyon <br />Creeks. <br />17,140 Acres <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES WITHOUT THE PROJECT <br /> <br />The Soil Conservation Services determined that there were 14,390 acres of <br />wetland/wildlife habitats in the project area. They divided wetland types and <br />acreage as follows: pasture/hay wetlands. 9.010 acres; grass/sedge, 1,688 <br />acres; rush/cattail, 381 acres; and riparian tree/shrub, 3,311 acres (Soil <br />Conservation Service, 1989). The difference between the two reports is <br />probably not significant because it is not known for sure that both area <br />boundaries coincide. <br /> <br />Desert Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was acquired and developed for the <br />Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to manage as a wetland area mitigating <br />wetland losses caused by construction of Joe's Valley Reservoir. Acquisition <br />of land and water rights and development was mostly financed with Section 8 <br />funds of the Colorado River Storage Project Act. Operation and management of <br />Desert Lake WMA is in part funded by money from the Federal Aid U.S. Wildlife <br />Restoration Act funds, and the balance from the Utah Division of Wildlife <br />Resources. A number of water rights provide water to operate and manage the <br />WMA. with some owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (United States <br />Government) and others owned by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (State <br />of Utah). Desert Lake WMA is a wildlife management complex of about 2,000 <br />acres of marsh, 540 acres of open water, and some upland habitats. <br /> <br />Olsen reservoir is another wetland area in Emery County that has about 200 <br />acres of marsh and open water. <br /> <br />Wildlife use of riparian habitat is greatly disproportionate to its occurrence <br />in nature. It is heavily used and important to wildlife for food and cover. <br />Mule deer need it for resting and hiding cover, fawning habitat and a source <br />"'. ".. .:. ') <br />\~ 'J l' . " () <br />