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<br />-e< <br />C\l <br />'l:t' <br /> <br />CHAPTER III <br /> <br />RELATIONSHIP OF 'IRE SILT PARTICIPATING PROJECT <br />TO TIlE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION AND USE OF TIIE <br />WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST AND NONFEDERAL FOREST RESOURCES <br /> <br />Introductian <br /> <br />This section of the report considers the impact of the Silt Participating <br />Project on the White River National Forest and on nonfederal forest and <br />forest-range lands. It is aimed at determining what facilities, resources, <br />and uses will be affected and at evaluating these effects. <br /> <br />Area Concerned <br /> <br />The proposed project features including Rifle Gap Dam and Reservoir, Grass <br />Valley Canal, and Davie Ditch are entirely outside the exterier boundary <br />of the White River National Forest, The proposed reservoir is at a dis- <br />tance of seven to eight miles from the national forest boundary, The water- <br />shed area above the dam on Rifle Creek is about 130 square miles ef which <br />35 percent is national forest land, 43 percent public domain, and 22 percent <br />privately owned land. There are no forested lands, either federally ar <br />privately owned, within the 300 acre flowage area of the reservoir, See <br />map attached. <br /> <br />Present Status and eurrent Use <br /> <br />Existing Facilities <br /> <br />Project construction and operation will not affect any existing Forest <br />Service developnents, improvements, or services now provided. <br /> <br />Current Management <br /> <br />The national forest area involved within the watershed is under administra- <br />tion and management which is compatible with the proposed project, <br /> <br />Curren t Use <br /> <br />The watershed is used primarily for growing timber and forage, and for <br />water production, recreation and wildlife habitat, <br /> <br />Annual timber cut, all from national forest lands wi thin the watershed, <br />has averaged approximately 500,000 board feet over the past five years, <br />with a minimum stumpage value of $3,300 per year, <br /> <br />On the national forest, 16 permittees graze 1,150 cattle and horses and <br />3,100 sheep, for a total of 5,050 animal unit months. Receipts from this <br />use amounted to $2,755 in 1958. Private and public domain lands are also <br />grazed but at different times of the year. <br /> <br />- 46 - <br />