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<br />N <br />f..:l <br />r.~ <br />.;;.. <br /> <br />Wetland Impacts <br />Starting in FY 95, wetland values are being quantified using <br />AREM. Impacted wetlands in new salinity contracts are evaluated and <br />tracked using AREM. Wetlands evaluated in older contracts using the <br />Colorado NRCS Wetland Evaluation Procedure are being converted to AREM <br />when the contracts expire and are completed. <br />It is estimated that implementation of the 255 salinity contracts <br />will result in the net gain of 34.4 acres of wetland and a net gain of <br />52.91 wetland unit values (WUV's) These projected gains are from <br />creation of wetland on upland sites and the enhancement of existing <br />wetlands. <br />On the 41 completed contracts a net gain of 0.9 acres of wetland <br />and a net gain of 20.42 WUV's has occurred. <br /> <br />Habitat Evaluation <br />Changes in cover type acreage and habitat unit values (HUV's) for <br />existing and planned conditions for 21.1. of the 255 funded salinity and <br />6 of the 33 CWHEP contracts are found in tables 4 and 5, respectively. <br /> <br />Table 4. Cover Type Acres For 211 Salinity And 6 CWHEP Contracts <br />Through Fiscal Year 1995. <br /> <br /> ACRES ACRES ACRES CHANGE <br />COVER TYPES EXISTING PLANNED EXISTING VS PLANNED <br />Annual Cropland. 4202.3 4285.0 +82.7 <br />Annual Herbland 545.5 1.09.7 -435.8 <br />Orchards 1152.9 1281.2 +1.28.3 <br />Pasture/Hay land 6086.2 6435.0 +366.8 <br />Lakes/Ponds 26.3 83.4 +57.1. <br />PEM (Palustrine 420.6 392.1 -28.5 <br />Emergent Wetland) <br />Perennial Herbland 407.4 299.9 -107.5 <br />Rivers/Streams 0.0 0.0 0.0 <br />Native Rangeland 233.0 1.65.2 -67.8 <br />Woody 494.1 498.8 +4.7 <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />Table 5. Habitat Unit Values For 21l Salinity And 6 CWHEP Contracts <br />Through Fiscal Year 1995. <br /> <br />WILDLIFE MODELS <br /> <br />HUV <br />EXISTING <br /> <br />HUV <br />PLANNED <br /> <br />HUV CHANGE <br />EXISTING VS PLANNED <br /> <br />Pheasant <br />Yellow Warbler <br />Mallard - Breeding <br />Mallard - Winter <br />Meadow Vole <br />Marsh Wren <br />Screech Owl <br /> <br />7690.24 <br />121.19 <br />2680.47 <br />1.158.41 <br />1.402.12 <br />98.25 <br />6l88.96 <br /> <br />7421.. 73 <br />130.80 <br />3146.72 <br />1232.40 <br />151.7.71 <br />1.13.96 <br />7612.69 <br /> <br />-268.51 <br />+9.6l <br />+466.25 <br />+73.99 <br />+11.5.59 <br />+1.5.71. <br />+523.73 <br />Total +936.37 <br /> <br />18 <br />