III. RECREATIONAL VALUE: The recreational value con- 

 siders both consumptive (hunting/trapping) uses 

 and nonconsumpt ive (bird watching, photog. etc) 

 uses of the wildlife/habitat resource. 



A. Consumptive Recreation ; 



Column 1. For the river assessment unit, se- 

 lect the top species (no more than 3) that are 

 probably most sought after. Consider the 

 habitat and general harvest characteristics for 

 the hunting district(s) as a whole. Put 

 species abbreviation (Appendix A) in column 1. 



Column 2 and 3. Write in the hunting 

 dist r ict (s) (H.D.) (maximum of 3) or county(s) 

 appropriate for the unit and the species se- 

 lected. For a unit in more than 1 H.D., esti- 

 mate the % of the river assessment unit in each 

 hunting district (50% in H.D. 101, 50% in 

 H.D. 102) and put in column 3 next to the H.D. 

 #. 



Column 4. Give a relative rating (High, Medium, 

 Low) for the overall hunting effort that occurs 

 in the unit r_e]^ati,ve to the rest of the H.D, or 

 county in which the unit lies. 



B. Nonconsumpt ive Re cre ation - Enter the appro- 

 priate rating on the answer sheet for each 

 nonconsumptive use. 



1. Wildlife/habitat-oriented uses 



Rate the type and level of wildlife/habitat- 

 oriented uses which occur in unit using 

 criteria below. Wildlife/habitat-oriented 

 uses include but are not limited to: bird 

 watching; roadside wildlife watching; 

 collecting/identifying wildflowers, rep- 

 tiles, amphibians, insects; wildlife/nature 

 photography, artistry, etc. 



4 - Area attracts users or visitors from 

 all over the country; relatively high 

 level of use; species or habitats 

 accessible or visible and/or rela- 

 tively uncommon on national basis; 



3 - Area attracts visitors statewide; 

 moderate level of use; 



2 - Area attracts visitors from region, 

 or multi-county area. May be signif- 

 icantly used; 



1 - Area attracts primarily local people. 



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