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' 2.7 Game and Forbearers ,~ <br /> <br />~~ The Williams Fork Mountains and the region of the <br />' Hayden Gulch study site specifically provide excellent r <br /> big game hunting, due to ease of access and high densities ~~ <br /> of deer and elk. Both deer and elk are hunted on the study <br /> site (Hector, 1976}. Harvest records for both species are <br /> <br />recorded by Colorado Division of wildlife game management r <br />;r <br /> units. Unit 13, which includes the study site, is roughly ~j <br /> bound by Hayden (north), the Williams Fork River (south), <br /> Hamilton (west), and Oak Creek (east~~._ In comparison to <br /> other units, it has recorded some of the highest annual <br /> harvests of elk and deer for the last 20 years. Since game ' <br /> harvests are recorded by management units, specific hunting _, <br /> success in the vicinity of the study site is not available. ' <br /> Success of rabbit hunting in the Hayden Gulch area is <br /> <br />variable depending on the cyclic copulation fluctuations of ~ <br /> this game species. During years when cottontail populations <br /> are high in the Williams Fork Mountains, rabbit hunting is <br /> very successful in the vicinity of the study site (Hector, rf <br /> 1976). Since snowshoe hares are not common in the Williams ~ <br />[. <br /> Fork Mountains, hunting of this species in the. vicinity of -" <br /> the study site is negligible. <br /> Two other game mammals which may occasionally use the ~ <br /> <br />~ site -- black bear and white-tailed deer -- are not actively <br />"~ hunted in the Hayden Gulch area. j~ <br /> Although mallard, green-winged teal, sage grouse, <br /> sharp-tailed grouse, band-tailed pigeon, and mourning <br /> dove are all game birds occurring in the vicinity of the <br /> site, the only game bird which~is regularly hunted is <br /> blue grouse. Harvest figures for blue grouse are not .. <br /> <br />available for the Williams Fork Mountains, but hunting . ;~ <br />' success is variable from year to year due to the cyclic <br /> population fluctuations. <br /> Two forbearing animals, beaver and long-tailed weasel. <br /> are trapped regularly in the vicinity of the study site. <br /> The trapping success for both of these valuable pelts is ~ <br /> <br />good in Hayden Gulch (Hector, 1976). Raccoon and bobcat ~ <br /> are also forbearers which occur in the vicinity of the ` <br /> study area, but they are not trapped near the site. <br /> ~ <br />r <br /> • <br />~. <br />2.8 Endangered Species <br />The Federal Register (Wednesday, October 27, 1976) <br />listing of "Endangered and Threatened [•7ildlife and <br />Plants," includes four species in the endangered catecory -~ <br />for Colorado: Greenback cutthroat trout; Salmo clarki stomias; ~t <br />-75- ~ <br />