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<br />Water production varies from as low as .3 acre-feet <br />per acre on the south end of the study area to 1.0 <br />acre-feet per acre along the divide of the Mosquito <br />Range. The estimated average water production from <br />the study area is .5 acre-feet per acre. <br /> <br />There are no existing water diversions or <br />developments in the WSA. The main value of the <br />water within the area is for its high quality, free <br />flowing nature for fisheries, wildlife, and <br />recreation purposes. Once the water leaves the area <br />it is of high value for domestic and agricultural <br />use. <br /> <br />The current water yield is estimated to be about <br />33,000 acre-feet per year. There is a potential to <br />increase this yield by 2,800 acre-feet to about <br />35,000 acre-feet per year through vegetative <br />trea~ment in spruce/fir and lodgepole vegetation <br />types above 9,000 feet elevation. <br /> <br />10. Wildlife and Fish <br /> <br />Most of the wildlife and fish species which occur on <br />the Pike and San Isabel National Forests also occur <br />on the WSA. The management indicator species which <br />commonly exist are pine marten, bighorn sheep, elk, <br />mule deer, northern three-toed woodpecker, and <br />trout. <br /> <br />The predominant general habitat types are spruce/fir <br />and Douglas-fir forest, mountain grassland/alpine <br />tundra, and rocky areas. Also present are aspen, <br />lodgepole, ponderosa and bristlecone pine, oak, and <br />pinon/juniper. The relative abundance of these <br />habitat types is shown in Table G. <br /> <br />31 <br /> <br />r .: "8 ') ,., <br />"/.,, '- I <br />