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C j 11 I -'" -~~ ..... __ 1 "-"~-"O_"~""I . - "':~.''': ~- ~-:~~ -. '" '/- ~....~.. '..... ~ ~~;)<~~~ ~3~(:~~J ~~..;.:a.:::.-4 _ _~ ~~'_IJ1i-a'~- Outdoor Re~'rei.llion b Popu/:u Althe B:J~i"\ Re"t'nui..... and L:Jkes About 114 iX'r":l.'1l1 of Ih<: afl'a nf Ihe \1issouri Rivt.'r Basin proVIJ.:'i var}'lIlj!: degrees of fish and wildlife hi.lhllal Ilowl.'Vef. only :ibout J p...r..:enl uf this area IS utLlill.'d priJl1arily I'm tlsh and wildlife lllallJgl'mt'1I1 and enh:m..:ell1enl ('ilh(-f as smgk-purpo>c fish and WIldlife are-as (0.3 percent) ur :IS lTlultipk-purpose areas with major n..h Jlld wildlife 1I1anJ~ement JSpeo.:h 1~.7 per- cent). Th.. areas where fish :md wildlife subSist <IS a JOlllI us<: with the prtm;Jry land use fundloll mdude al1u\lsl all of Ihe pnvJlc agw:ulturallamls and a substan1i:d porlion oflbe public lands. Wildlife populatll.Jlls in lhe basm Me as \';Hied JS tht' wide rang~' uf habitat whidl supports tll~'lIl. :\b~'Ul ll{) spedes (II big g;J.lIle. sJJlall gamt', Jnd wJterfm\1 :Hl' f>\lught by hunlt'rs, l)e~'r aff.' the mOSl ahundanl hlg gal11~' In the basm. fulluwt'd hy anlt"]ope. whuse rJllg~' IS Jimile-d III the mme'''pt'1l prJirie rt.'gions, Phl'aSJl11 is the mosl imporlalll upbnd gallll' sp(,';les. follnwt.'d in imf\(lr. tJIKe by the onbwhllt' qUJII. ",'all'rlowl habllal is eXlremdy \'Jrit.'d and \'ery unevenly dblributt'd in lht' bJsin. The OJkOIJS, ill p:H1kulat. providt' migration and bret'ding habilJl for grt'at nUlllb~'rs of watt'rlowf. The 1960 and I llb5 aVt'fa!!~' nlUnt uf ....-int~.ril1g and breo:dmg waterfuwl III tht' bJsm WJS ~.19':,OOO and ~,.N-I.UO{J birds. ft'spe.:tiwly. rurn:nll~. lh~' avelJ!!:e annual harvest of gaml.' is l.'SllffiJteJ It) bl.' almost I f1 milJil,n JllImals from ':S lllJJ(ll spet:u:s of gallll' hunted in lhe baslll, Big gJrne Jl'CUUllb fOI aboul .: per.:enl III lhl.' numbers hJr\'csteJ: upland gJme birds Jouut 60 percl.'nl: llther small galll(, about 3': pe-rccnt.;md walerfowl about tI percent. The Ilshlng waters of the basin mdude -1.l.S00 mil.'s or" slrealllS alld 1.4':~,OOO surface Jcres 01 imp<..lullded waler, and IlJtufal I:lkl.'s. Th(' SpllO tishing capal'll} of thest.' WJll'rs is ~'Slimal('J 10 be -1.l.1 million fisherman days annual!} ..:ompared II) all 1.':!olLmal.'d l'urr;:-nt u..... "f 17A milllllll nsh~'rmJn d:lYs ,Hlllually. Th;:- .:ar:1.:il} Ilf th;:-S(' wJlers li#. ,-- ~- A V<lriet}, of Fish Abound~ At the \lain Stem Rescl"\'oirs for suslainl.'d t:olTlmerclJI fblllng IS cSlirnated In hl' JbOUl 9'1.~ llulli.Hl pounJs Jnnu:llly t:lImp:lrcd 10 actual pro. dlll'lwll fllr m:ul..e.ing III 1'lhS of aboul 5 million pounds, RI.'Jli/JIil'1l Ilf tlm pnU111lJI would il1volvc large 'il.:ale use llf 1.1""" v:lluc induslrial fish. somelhing nOl allti,:ipaleJ unlll Jl Icast the yeJr ~OOO, Tabll' ]6 sumlll;ui/es fhc I11Jjor lypes and quanllly \1f lhe basin resource~ oriented '''.....ard ret:ll.'atlllfl. fish Jnd wtldlife. Jnd rdaled ellVtrn/ll11l'nlal quality. Land Conservation and Drainage CUIIl.'lllly. 103,.'" lllilli"n Jcrl.'S of lhe prlvalely.owned lands in lhe basin Jrl' u~d fllr cwp prlxlu..:liol1. 15~,6 11II1IIon J':rI.'S afe used fur p:lSlUre and rang.:. 13,7 million JCIl'S Jre 111 forest Jlld woodlands. 3,0 million anes are III ulher Jgri.:ultufJI uSt,.s, and S million Jeres are in non.agricullurJI uses, ThiS JmnUlllS 1037,54,5, I, Jnd J rt'rt:~'n1, resf'lt:l.mely. Aboul b,9 milli(ln at:res of Ihl.' uoplJnJ and 519 thousand acres of rJslull' Jud fange :Ire Impted Jnnually, An aJd,lionJI 1.1 million acresof blld receive intl'rmillen Jppli~'aliollS llf irrigJtiun WJter. About 38.6 11l111inr\ acres of Fedl.'ral land :Ire u~d for Jglkullural pUrpoSt:s, ~7.6 milli"ll are grazed. and ]4.4 millilm pwJ.uce Illrl'sl prodUds, An addniollal -1A million 3t:res of Federal land art" USl.'d for nOli. JgrimllurJI purposes. "