WSP06308

• File Number: 8546.550
• Description: American Water Development Inc. - Litigation
• State: CO
• Date: 5/1/1977
• Title: Bianca Wildlife Habitat Management Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

tailed jackrabbit, muskrat, striped skunk, raccoon, long-

tailed weasel. coyote and black-billed magpie. Jack-

rabbits cause serious depredation problems on immature

groin plancs and crees. ofcen ki11ir.g them. Muskrats

burrow holes in the dikes which require maintenance to

prevent breaching. Raccoons. weasels. coyotes and mag-

pies combine to create a serious egg predation problem

on nesting waterfowl. Nest losses of over SO percent

are attributable to predation.

There is presently no organized animal damage control

program since poisoning is illegal and other means are

relatively ineffective. Management is directed more

towards providing better cover than destroying predators.

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A few muskrats and coyotes are trapped each year by the

public.

b. Habitat Conditions. Present wetland habitat type acreages are

compiled "in Table 3 and shown in Figure 2. The habitat shown

is the full potential or climax vegetation of the areas which

are presently watered. Figure 2 also show the existing physi-

cal improvements which have been constructed to produce the

habitat. The undeveloped areas are primarily greasewood shrub-

land with some salt grass flats and some alksli flat wasteland.

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