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• space, wildlife habitat, a~;d a,^,ricuJ.turr would be :uii- <br />pornrily changed to strip mining. <br />7. Recreation <br />The major impact on coal lease application C- 2677 could <br />be the loss of anglinr, opportunities in Trout and Fish <br />Creeks. Increases in sedimentation Erom mining coc_d <br />disrupt these two fisheries which in turn could ad•:ersely <br />affect fishing opportunities downstream <br />Also noise and other mining operations could displace the <br />ducks that now nest along Trout and Fish Creeks ad;zcent <br />to the tract, thereby creating a loss of viewing o~por- <br />tun ities in the area. <br />• All three coal lease applications are for Che most :art <br />closed to recreation use and therefore no on-site r=_cre- <br />ation activities would be impacted. The lease applications <br />are visible from county roads in the area and some <br />travelers may view the mine as a human interest feature, <br />others may dislike tine visual contrast the mine ma%es with <br />the natural landscape. <br />The ability to view elk which concentrate in the area of <br />coal lease applications C-22644 and C-26913 could be <br />hampered by the encroaclimenr of mining activities cn these <br />parcels. <br /> • Tlie removal of overburden would uncover cultural materials, <br />• fossils, and tockliounding materials, and same of this ma- <br />129 <br />