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<br />TABLE "7: (Cover TvDe ReDort) <br /> <br />The cover type report reflects conversion of a particular <br />cover type due to implementation of salinity control <br />measures. As stated before, wetland conversions were the <br />result of de-waterinq and enhancement (this includes stands <br />of willows associated with ditches and laterals replaced <br />with buried pipe). As one can observe, larqe acreaqes of <br />annual herbland were converted (all to pasture and hay land <br />or perennial herbland). The majority of this land was <br />actually tilled pasture and hay land which had lain dormant <br />lonq enouqh to establish annual weed cover (thus the <br />designation of annual herbland). Many irriqated orchards in <br />the McElmo Creek salinity area have died out or were not <br />economically productive and are beinq converted to pasture <br />and hay land. For the most part these orchards are very low <br />in value for wildlife as they are qrazed heavily by <br />livestock and are surrounded by fences capable of keepinq <br />larqe mammals out. Small acreaqes of native ranqeland <br />(saqebrush, 4-winqed saltbush) and woody veqetation <br />(cottonwoods, pinon and juniper) have been removed and <br />converted to pasture and hay land in order to square up <br />existinq fields to facilitate the installation and use of <br />sprinkler siderolls. Some native ranqeland has been <br />converted to perennial herbland to improve upland wildlife <br />habitat. Perennial herb land has increased in acreaqe as <br />native ranqeland, annual herbland, and pasture and hayland <br />have been planted to qrass/legume mixtures for wildlife <br />nestinq cover. The qreatest chanqe has been' the increase in <br />acreaqe of pasture and hay land for the reasons stated above. <br /> <br />001934 <br />