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<br />, <br />. <br />) <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />8. <br /> <br />Dallas Creek Project, Colorado CBR) <br /> <br />-29- <br /> <br />feasible plan be developed to correct this deficiency, project <br />funding should be provided to implement the plan. <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />To mitigate wildlife habitat losses, the Bureau of Reclamation <br />acquire and develop approximately 6,000 acres for intensive <br />management as wildlife resource areas adjacent or near to the <br />Ridgway Reservoir. At least 4,200 acres should be located on Log <br />Hill Mesa for the primary purpose of providing deer winter range. <br />Capital costs of $1,000,000 plus $30,000 annual 0 & M costs <br />should be provided from Section 8 funding to implement this <br />recommendation. Administration of these lands could be under <br />the authority of the Colorado Division of Wildlife or another <br />agency, based upon an agreeable management plan for the area <br />developed by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife <br />Service, Bureau of Reclamation and the administering agency. <br /> <br />The re-alignment for Highway 550 follow the general course of <br />Cow Creek to the eastern shore of Ridgway Reservoir, then <br />generally following that shoreline southward below the steep <br />hillsides, to the old highway alignment in Section 4, two <br />miles north of the town of Ridgway. Also, that the highway <br />right-of-way be fenced with eight-foot-high fencing to <br />restrict deer passage on to the right-of-way, underpass <br />structures be designed to encourage deer passage, and that <br />one-way structures be provided in the fence to pass deer <br />off the right-of-way. The specific costs of these proposals <br />should be included as a Section 5 project cost. <br /> <br />The costs and benefits relating to these recommendations are tabulated <br />in Table IV. <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Q <br />