PERMFILE64166

• Permit No: C1980003
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: BASELINE WILDLIFE INVENTORY
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX H
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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especially pronounced cahen late snows in the Flat Tops
prevent elk from calving at higher elevations (Hector,
1976).
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In recent years, fewer deer have been migrating out
of the Williams Fork Mountains in winter due to increased
"- human activity. The sizeable nunber of deer (as many
as 2,000) which winter in the general area of the study
sit= has resulted in a sharp increase in winter mortal=ties.
In severe winters the complete previous year's fawn crop
has been lost in this non-migrating portion of the herd.
As a result, the area's winter carrying capacity for deer
has become more important. The Division of ?7ildlife has
__ supplemented the~£ood resource for deer during severe
winters in Hayden Gulch (Hector, 1976).
-- The area from an~roximately the Hayden Divide

~ north to the Yampa River is a ori,:ce area for mule deer
' fawning. The area south to~•:ard the Williams Fork River
is utilized to a lesser extent for fac,ming due to the
heavy spring snows. During summer, deer browse throughcut
the area south of the Yampa River, but are more concentrated
in the Williams Fork Mountains because of extensive agri-
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'` culture in the Yampa River Valley.
The size of the herd in the area south of Hayden to
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~ the Williams Fork River was estimate3 i_^. 1975 to ba
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around 6,000 (Colorado Division of Svilcilife; 1976). In
~ 1976 this herd increased to around 8,000 (Hector, 1976).
The Division of Wildlife plans to increase this population
through adjustments in hunting pressure.
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