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<br />IV - 30, <br /> <br />pfrt9~;'- Dot the increased reproduction blw Ruedi Reservoir <br />lnore than compensale for the strearTI section inundated? <br /> <br />IV-31, Para !,:';' - 1ncreas.ed acceSB has had detrimental effects on the wild- <br />life by increased exploitations. incrcasecllittering, etc. <br /> <br />IV-32, Para 1.'2 - Stabilized stream flows are also conducive to algal growth. <br />Knowing what happened on the Green River below Flaming Gorge, a <br />boom and bust situation because of changed water temperatures, we <br />are still reluctant to pass final judgn1ent on the stream below Ruedi. <br /> <br />IV-35, Para ill - Reduced streamflows below tLe diversion structures may <br />(temporarily?) inhibit natural reproduction. The inhibition could <br />be permanent. <br /> <br />IV - 36 <br />IV -ll2 <br /> <br />The chance of newly hatched cutthroat fry being washed downstream <br />by high flo~.vs in slrcaITls sllch as North Cunningham Creek is not <br />too likely. More likely is the possibility that successful spawning <br />cannot take place under the schecllllcd minimum DO'N regimes of <br />0.ge.f.s. <br /> <br />pdra. c <br />V -42 (b) <br /> <br />IV-40, Para #3 - Additional public access can greatly increase harassment <br />of gan"lc species. Beneficial aspects of Iledge effect" can also be <br />negated by human harassment. <br /> <br />IV-42, <br /> <br />P?.r2. ifZ-- '::!1(-~ i~1:por~a.:;1t p:Jint <br />ovcTall size of tl-ie dr2_inage. <br />a cure-all. <br /> <br />13 \vherc and wh2. t \vas cleared, not the <br />Here again, edge effect appears to be <br /> <br />1V-43, Para ill - The cleclication of thc large area for wildlife use at Pueblo <br />Reservoir and the proposed vegetative plantings are recognized as a <br />plus, and we do acl,no\'.'leclge them as such. <br /> <br />IV - 55, Pa r?~ if 3 - Edge cffe ct cr ea ted b~r revcg eta ting bOl"row a rea belo-~v <br />Sugar I.oaf Danl coalcl "have been grcaLly enhanced by choosing <br />better plant.s used in rc~;eeding. l~cgart1)e.ss, fe\v '-1.'llirnals use the <br />area b.ccause of an10ui1t of traffic on the service road and lack of <br />prolective cover behT.'Ct:n the road and the reseeded area. This <br />area does not. <:onlribut(~ to '\vintel' range quanlit.y at all, and adds <br />litlle or nothing to the sunl1ner forage. <br /> <br />IV-56, Para #1 - Size of drainagp. is irrelevant. A\'ailability of sirni1ar <br />11abilat is critical [aclor since llluch of sinlllal' habitat is lirnitcd <br />b)r snO\1:,: cover and species con1position of range. .tvlagnitude of <br />dlsplacerncnt has already been rncntioJlcd, i. e. , 20-25~-;J redl1ction <br />in herd size. Effects on n:igraLion h':-1VC beC'.n H1cntioned pre'\.iotlsly <br />i. e.. banded elk '\vinlering in and Hligril..tin.g lhrough the forcbayl <br />switch yard 8rca. <br />- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />-7- <br />