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<br />C. Waterfowl Production and Other Bird Use Mitigation <br /> <br />The losses of 3,443 ducks per year and 594 hunter-days per season will <br /> <br /> <br />be replaced on Alamosa NWR and Blanca WHA with the addition of project water <br /> <br />through replacement, improvement, and management of wetland habitat values by <br /> <br />FWS and BLM. The loss of 338,400 use-days per season by other water bird spe- <br /> <br />cies will be mitigated through replacement and improvement of wetland. <br /> <br />D. Fishery <br /> <br />Existing fisheries affected either directly or indirectly include those on <br /> <br />the Blanca WHA and the Rio Grande. Construction and operation of the project <br /> <br /> <br />will eliminate the trout fishery in two cold-water trout ponds on the Blanca <br /> <br />WHA. A total of 113.5 acre-feet of artesian water right will be provided for <br /> <br />maintaining annual trout production. The BLM will use and manage water provided <br />by the Bureau. Operation of the project will increase the flow of the Rio <br />Grande by about 120 ft3js at the outfall of tile conveyance channel below <br /> <br />Alamosa. <br /> <br />San Luis Lake will be stabilized at about 890 surface acres. As an enhance- <br /> <br />ment feature, it will support a high quality combination warm-cold-water <br /> <br />fishery. The San Luis Lake fishery will be maintained by a flow-through water <br /> <br />system; excess water will be pumped from the lake via the conveyance channel. <br /> <br />A maximum of 10 fishing access points will be located at bridges to be <br /> <br />constructed crossing the conveyance channel at existing county roads. The con- <br />veyance channel cold-water fishery will provide an average of 10,000 fisherman- <br /> <br />days annually. <br /> <br />r ~ -J"'" .~ - <br />"J '., t. ',. ,..., <br />a-...:.ti.J~ <br /> <br />34 <br />