foundation to propose recommendations to alleviate identified 

 potential impacts, but what is needed is a long-term commit- 

 ment to understand the relationship between wildlife and 

 hard rock mining activities, which in turn would prove bene- 

 ficial for the wildlife resource while at the same time 

 allowing development of the land's mineral resources for 

 human needs. No attempt has been made here to discuss fea- 

 sibility of implementing mitigating or compensating measures. 

 The primary purpose here, therefore, is to point out oppor- 

 tunities which exist to help offset immediate detrimental 

 effects upon wildlife resources of the Mount Vernon mine 

 impact area and provide recommendations for the long-term 

 benefit of wildlife through biological monitoring programs. 



We attempt to mitigate wildlife losses because wildlife 

 have intrinsic and extrinsic values. In addition to the 

 obvious monetary value of wildlife, including recreation to 

 hunters, cash income to trappers, guides and those who oper- 

 ate service and supply industries which hunters patronize, 

 there are also scientific, recreational and aesthetic values 

 which as yet we are not able to calculate but which are just 

 as real to those who benefit as are the more obvious cash 

 returns. Information providing equations to calculate the 

 overall value of wildlife by converting each extrinsic and 

 instrinsic value to dollars is being developed and revised, 

 but the spectrum of methods and base from which they are 

 computed vary widely. It is a fact that the monetary returns 

 from all phases of wildlife utilization and enjoyment enrich 

 someone's pocketbook; the cash flow pattern simply has not 

 been worked out. The actual monetary values of wildlife were 

 not estimated during this study but it must be acknowledged 

 that they do exist. A balanced approach is needed to main- 

 tain and promote all resource values so that once conflicts 

 are identified, attempts may be made to reduce wildlife 

 losses and improve their chances when future developments 

 occur . 



Short-term Management Recommendations 



Short-term recommendations are preventative measures 

 which are designed to maintain the status quo or help reduce 

 its decline. They do not promote the long-term well-being 

 of wildlife in an increasingly human-influenced environment. 

 Recommendations are most f lanctionally addressed on a facility- 

 by-facility basis but the total impact of a given development 

 is much greater than the sum of individual impacts. In addi- 

 tion, negative consequences of human activity are dispropor- 

 tionately magnified when more than one development is initi- 

 ated in a given area (a certainty in the Lake Creek Valley). 

 The measures suggested below are itemized according to 

 specific features. 



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