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• Hunting for rabbits (primarily Nuttall's cottontail [Sylvilagus nuttallii] <br />and desert cottontail) may occur within the study area, but is probably <br />limited due to limited access to private lands and by the extreme <br />topography which characterizes the area. As a result, the area would not <br />be expected to contribute significantly to the regional harvest of small <br />game mammals. Other predator, forbearer, and small game species which are <br />harvested within unit 16, and which could potentially be taken within the <br />study area are listed in Table 4-4; including the coyote, bobcat (Felix <br />rufus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), mink (Mustela vision), and raccoon <br />(Procyon lotor). <br />4.3 WATERFOWL <br />Waterfowl habitat within the proposed affected area consists of second, <br />third, and fourth order perennial streams, associated beaver ponds, and <br />wetland vegetation. This habitat occurs within the lower reaches of the <br />West Fork of Good Spring Creek (Sections 28 and 29, T3N, R93W), along the <br />• East Fork and mainstem of Wilson Creek, and along the mainstem of Good <br />Spring Creek. Within the proposed affected area, this habitat consists of <br />approximately nine linear miles of waterfowl habitat. <br />Beaver ponds occur primarily in the East Fork of Wilson Creek and the West <br />Fork of Good Spring Creek. Both of these streams are deeply incised and <br />were heavily impacted by heavy, rapid spring runoff during April-May 1984. <br />As a result of this spring runoff, many beaver ponds were filled with silt <br />and numerous beaver dams were breached; remaining ponds vary in size from <br />.1-.5 ac. These streams are 1-3 ft in width and less than two ft deep in <br />most areas. Stream banks are unstable and streambeds are generally covered <br />with sediment. Riparian and wetland vegetation is poorly developed with <br />the exception of a palustrine emergent wetland (approximately 2 ac in <br />extent) which occurs in Section 29 (T3N, R93W) along the West Fork of Good <br />Spring Creek. <br />Waterfowl habitat on the mainstems of Wilson and Goodspring creeks consists <br />. of perennial streams 3-5 ft wide, and generally less than three ft deep. A <br />deciduous forested wetland of approximately .8 ac in size and dominated by <br />4-19 <br />