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<br />I, <br /> <br />< <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />b. Upland game habitat eliminated or substantially modified: <br /> <br />(1) ~: Approximately 1,000 acres of private rangeland <br /> <br />would be purchased and developed for wildlife habitat to <br /> <br />offset the habitat losses around Ridgway Reservoir. <br /> <br />~ <br />, <br />Mitigation and enhancement: To reduce the present high <br /> <br />incidence of deer-auto collisions and to prevent the <br /> <br />future increase in collisions which otherwise would occur <br /> <br />with the relocated highway, an 8-foot high woven wire <br /> <br />fence WQuld be built along both sides of an 8.2 mile <br /> <br />section of U.S. Highway 550, including the section that <br /> <br />would be relocated. <br /> <br />c. Wetland elimi~ated or substantially modified: None <br /> <br />d. Fisheries resources, area and type: <br /> <br />(2) Sports type: Flow regime and water quality would be im- <br /> <br />proved in the Uncompahgre River due to the reservoir and a <br /> <br />special dual level outlets at Ridgway Dam would act to <br /> <br />improve water quality. In order to enhance fishing oppor- <br /> <br />tunities associated with the stream improvement. public <br /> <br />fishing easements would be acquired along both sides of <br /> <br />,the Uncompahgre River for about 12 miles on a willing <br /> <br />seller basis. <br /> <br />e. Water quality: <br /> <br />(2) Reduced stream flows: Minimum fish flows would be main- <br /> <br />tained and supplemented in 12 miies of the Uncompahgre <br /> <br />\ <br />River between Ridgway Dam and the Mbrttrose and Delta <br /> <br />Canal Diversions. <br />