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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />fi!)2S9,3 <br /> <br />The highlands north and south of the river contain a few <br />scattered ranches, but the large majority of the hills are uninhabited. <br />The lands are semiarid with sparse vegetation, The majority of the <br />streams are ephemeral and dry most of the year. There are many ranch <br />roads and jeep trails throughout the lands, but there are few man-made <br />improvements. <br /> <br />C, Wildlife and Fish <br /> <br />The Colorado Division of Wildlife has a continuing program of <br />counting various mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds and also <br />of determining habitats, migration routes, dens, nesting areas, breed- <br />ing areas, etc. Two of these studies will be cited in the following <br />discussion, They are the 1972-73 census and the 1976-77 census (8). <br />These inventories are rather general in regard to overall habitat of <br />most species, although specific locations and numbers are given for <br />several species in regard to nesting or breeding areas, <br /> <br />According to the above mentioned inventories, animals inhabiting <br />the northwest corner of Rio Blanco County or the White River valley <br />downstream from Meeker and the approximate number of animals (in <br />parentheses) are: antelope (150), badger (40), beaver (10-100), <br />bobcat (100), cottontail rabbit (69,000 in county), coyote (350), <br />gray fox (90), jackrabbit (300), marmot (20), mountain lion (37), mule <br />deer (numerous), muskrat (50), prairie dog (105), raccoon (40), striped <br />skunk (200), weasels (200), ducks (3,000 in western two-thirds of the <br />county), geese (60-170), golden eagle (10), mourning dove (5,000), <br />pheasant (unknown number), sage grouse (225) and a variety of shore- <br />birds (4,680), <br /> <br />II-3 <br /> <br />!, <br /> <br />"J.."" <br /> <br />.' <br />