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<br />The crop productivity information provided in this report (Table 1) covers <br />the previous ten year period, 1977 through 1987. In 1985 several changes in <br />ownership of the various ranches occurred. The Childress ranch acreage was <br />leased to the Longs. The Gabossi ranch was transferred to Maneotis and the <br />McKune ranch was transferred to Green. <br />Crop yields for the various ranches reflect the various owner and/or lessee <br />needs for the most part rather than an attempt by the individuals to produce <br />highest yields possible. Additionally, the intensity of management practices <br />of the fields also reflect the individual desires rather than an attempt a <br />maximum yields. At the Childress ranch, in 1987, approximately 20 acres of <br />the lower lying acreage was inundated by water as a result of beaver dams <br />immediately downstream. As a result, this amount of acreage was lost from <br />• potential crop yields. On the acreage managed by Maneotis, most of the fields <br />in 1987 were used as pasture for sheep rather than for hay production. <br />Due to the varied management practices employed at the ranches, the data <br />gathering efforts over the previous ten year period for determining potential <br />impacts to the potential productivity of the fields have proved fruitless. As <br />such, the continued gathering of such data is questionable. <br />• <br />