in the county. It gives no consideration to the 

 total acreage of delineations in the county. In 

 viewing the ranking of each county in all three 

 columns of Table 4, one must remember that the 

 constraints used in arriving at the Final Rank of 

 Counties (Table 3, Column B) would also apply 

 when viewing these areas for acquisition. Thus, 

 on the average the "best" delineations are in 

 Roosevelt, Teton, and Sheridan counties. However, 

 this does not take into consideration the number or 

 size of delineations. 



Column 2 



This column is concerned with the ranking of 

 counties when cost is not a consideration. This 

 was obtained by multiplying the value ratings for 

 vulnerability, species composition and production 

 capability for each delineation in the county and 

 then summing their values. Thus, counties with 

 good wetland values but high land costs, such as 

 Lake County, moved up in the ranking. This 

 column will be useful if acquisition funds / 

 become abundant and the objective is to acquire 

 the best habitat regardless of cost. 



Column 3 



This column is presented so that we can look at 

 counties from the standpoint of their present 

 value to the waterfowl resource, irrespective 

 of cost and future vulnerability. Here the 

 species composition, production capabilities, 

 and size of the area were multiplied together 

 and values summed for each delineation in the 

 county. By using this rating we are able to 

 view at the top &f the ranking those counties 

 which are high producers of the right kinds of 

 waterfowl and, also, generally have the most 

 acres of delineated wetlands. 



3. Areas Not Recommended for Fee or Easement 



Many wetland areas throughout the state were 

 checked for their ability to produce waterfowl -- 

 some were recommended and many were not. There 

 were various reasons for not recommending some 

 areas. There were too many areas not measuring 

 up to discuss individually here, but each area 

 checked is legally described in my aerial survey 

 notes with information why the area was not 

 recommended (These notes on file in Area Office). 



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