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(e) Cover. <br />• See (c) above. <br />One of the limiting factors in the. Alkali portion <br />of the North fork is the lack of cover for deer. <br />Because of this lack, the desert shrub type is <br />not utilized as much as it could be. <br />(f) Habitat areas. <br />The crucial areas outlined on overlay 1 are sites <br />where deer concentrate during the winter and <br />early spring "green-up." 4egetative data collected <br />during the summer of 1972 indicates that crucial <br />areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11, are lacking <br />grasses and fortis for critical early spring forage <br />in the pinyon-juniper type and too thick vegeta- <br />tive cover that is out of reach, limits deer use <br />in the oak brush types. <br />Crucial areas ie12, 13, and 14 are locations that <br />• are used during the winters of deepest snowpack <br />in the Alkali portion <br />(3) Important Use Areas <br />(4) Special Use Areas <br />None. <br />(5) Conflicts <br />Several conflicts occur between deer and other land <br />uses. Snowmobile use is made in the upper portions <br />of crucial areas 2 and 3 (overlay ~1). Problems do <br />not exist at this time, but increased unsupervised <br />use by snowmobiles could lead to problems. <br />Deer seasonal and daily movements cause them to be <br />vulnerable to getting caught in some fences. Fence <br />design could alleviate this problem in the future. <br />• NF-WL-III-4 4/76 RWM <br />