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n.~ 1II-97; r) lJ~ ,. Para #2 - Mfmum stream nows must be eS!lished for Lake Creek below Twin Lakes Dam. This area may provide only fair fishing, but it is importa.nt as a bro\vn t rout spawning area. III-lOa, Po. 1'0. #2 - Add Rocky Mountain goat. III-lOb, Para. #1, 2, 3-Dcspite losses of winter range to be suffered, no mention is 111ade of possible nlitigation. The Mount Elbert Threba,. and switch yard area IS an important wintering and migration area for deer and elk. Neck banded elk ""ere observed in this area and also in the area of Highway 82 relocation route. Mount Elbert Canal route will go through at least 2 elk calving areas near Box Creek and near Herrington Creek and will interfere with a key deer and elk wintering area on the ridge immediately to the north of Box Creek. The canal route will also interfere with beaver on every drainage it crosses, except Box Creek. III-lOb, Para #5 - Thc area to the east and south of the proposed Twin Lakes Danl and the tlrst Dlile of the Otero Canal is a key vlintering area fa!" deer and elk, and is also a migration corridor for both species. The area of the Otero Canal fron1 the Chaffee County road (con1es west fron1 Granite) sOlIth is critical wintering area for both deer and elk. We recommend that this entire stretch of canal be planned as a buried conduit. Deer have been observed throughout the entire length of the proposed Olero Canal, v;ith elk being obse-Tved- in considerable nUmbel"S at either end of the canal. The ridgc immediately north of Clear Creek Reservoir is of particular irnporlancc. Bald eagles aJlCl osprey arc also occasional visitors to the area during lnigralion period::.;,. Sighting of C2.nada lynx in the Mount Elbert "-rea has been reported. III-190 - last paragraph - Include the st2.tcrnent that the fish unit and grounds will be controlled and ope rated by the Colorado Division of Wildlife. -5-