7) The importance of idle areas for wildlife cover should be 

 stressed to agricultural producers, and practices such as 

 burning of borrow pits evaluated in terms of actual ef- 

 fectiveness. 



8) Work should continue on developing instream flow require- 

 ments on the Missouri River. 



9) BLM and State lands in T25N, R9E on the west side of the 

 Teton River should be given special consideration in manage- 

 ment, due to their importance to sage grouse and mule deer 

 winter range. 



10) BLM and State lands along the west side of Arrow Creek should 

 be given special wildlife consideration, due to their impor- 

 tance as mule deer and antelope winter range. 



Eastern Segment 



1) Overgrazing by livestock is a land use practice that adversely 

 affects the wildlife resource. Since private lands cannot be 

 managed by the public, emphasis must be placed upon manage- 

 ment of pi±)lic lands, with priority placed upon management 

 of critical use (key) areas. 



A. The BLM and State should prevent livestock overgrazing 

 on their lands which are identified as winter range for 

 mule deer and antelope (see section on mule deer and 

 antelope for list of lands identified as winter range) . 



B. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Charles M. Russell 

 National Wildlife Range) should prevent overgrazing on 

 elk, mountain sheep, mule deer and white-tailed deer 

 winter ranges. 



C. The BLM, CMR and State should prevent overgrazing on 

 sage grouse winter ranges (see section on sage grouse 

 for list of public lands identified as winter range). 



D. The BLM, State and CMR should prevent overgrazing on 

 sage grouse and sharp-tailed grouse breeding grounds 

 (see section on sage grouse and sharptails for list of 



public lands identified as breeding grounds) . 



E. The BLM, CMR and State should prevent overgrazing of all 

 riparian vegetation, especially vegetation along the 

 Missouri River. 



F. The BLM and CMR should prevent overgrazing on Missouri 

 River islands under their jurisdictions. 



G. The BLM, State and CMR should also prevent overgrazing 

 on the remainder of their lands, as overgrazing is 

 detrimental to most wildlife. 



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