the terrestrial habitats). These habitats provided important sea- 

 sonal habitat components, primarily big game winter range and early 

 "green-up" spring range. 



Conifer habitats were mafped into 5 generalized mapping units 

 totalling 14,959 acres, 51.8 percent of the inundated area (58.6 

 percent of the terrestrial habitats). The warm, dry conifer HMU 

 provided quality big game winter range and comprised the largest 

 portion of the conifer habitats (47.9 percent). The cool, moist 

 Douglas-fir HMU and the warm, moist conifer type comprised the 

 majority of the remaining conifer habitats, 17.8 and 7.4 percent of 

 the inundated area, respectively (20.1 and 8.4 percent of the 

 terrestrial habitats, respectively). The remaining two conifer 

 groupings comprised only 1.8 percent of the inundated area (2.0 

 percent of the terrestrial habitats). 



Scattered areas of talus slopes were found within the inun- 

 dated area and comprised only 0.1 percent of the area. Developed 

 areas, consisting of three towns - Rexford, Yarnell and Warland - 

 and scattered farmsteads occupied 409 acres, 1.4 percent of the 

 inundated habitats. Additional areas (i.e. roads, and the Great 

 Northern railroad grade) were not considered during the tabulation 

 of acres of habitat lost. 



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