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<br />.' <br />_1,- <br /><:::) <br />'f"''; of vegetation adversely impacted in terms of reduced vigor and density by <br />~~ lowering the existing water table would be 11,098 acres. <br />;) <br />'":.I C. Waterfowl Production and Other Water Bird Use Losses <br /> <br />To determine the waterfowl production in the Closed Basin project area and the <br />associated loss in production caused by the project, the following calculations <br />(tables 5 and 6) were made: <br /> <br />Table 5 <br />Summary of Ducks Produced in the Closed Basin Project Area <br /> <br /> 43,122 acres of wetlands in Closed Basin project area <br />- 2,235 *acres of wetlands in San Luis/Head Lakes area <br /> 40,887 <br />x .31 ducks produced/acre of wetland (low-density area) <br /> 12,675 ducks produced/year in low-dens i ty area <br />+ 945 ducks produced/year in San Luis/Head Lake area <br /> 13,620 ducks produced/year in Closed Basin project area <br /> <br />* San Luis/Head Lake area is a high concentration area; and, <br />therefore, production/acre is higher and was calculated <br />separately from rest of project area. <br /> <br />Table 6 <br />Summary of Ducks Produced on Wetlands Affected by the Project <br /> <br />8,262 <br />x .31 <br />2,561 <br />+ 601 <br />3,162 <br />+ 281 <br />3,443 <br /> <br />acres of wetland lost (8,460 acres - 198 acres Blanca WHA) <br />ducks produced/acre of wetland low-density area <br />ducks lost <br />ducks lost in Blanca WHA <br /> <br />ducks lost in the San Luis/Head Lake wetland area <br />ducks lost/year with the project <br /> <br />This loss of waterfowl translates into the loss of about 594 hunter-days and <br />the loss of 1,033 birds which would have been harvested without the project. <br />Other water bird use losses were calculated at 40 use-days/acre/season. The <br />8,460 acres of wetlands impacted by the project would result in a loss of <br />338,400 other water bird use-days/season. <br /> <br />D. Fishery <br /> <br />Fishery impacts of the project are limited to two cold-water fishery ponds <br />(Mallard 4 and 5) on the Blanca WHA. These two ponds, totaling 30 surface <br />acres, produce about 5,251 pounds of trout annually. Water level drawdown due <br />to pumping would probably eliminate the trout fishery in these two ponds. <br /> <br />9 <br />