RECREATION 



A significant number of elk hunter days occur on or adjacent to the WMA. While no quantitative 

 data exists specific to the WMA, a survey of the number of opening day hunter camps through 1990 

 on the adjacent East Fork Blacktail Deer Creek is as follows: 



Year 



Camps 



The WMA is located in Hunting District 324. Recreation hunting pressure is high, with 

 approximately 2400 elk hunters recreating for 13,025 days annually. The deer population provides 

 hunting recreation in district 324 which has approximately 1650 hunters for 8835 days annually. 

 There is a significant amount of antelope hunting recreation that is provided on the WMA and for the 

 district as a whole recreation is provided for approximately 1 155 hunters and 2385 hunter days 

 annually. 



WATER MANAGEMENT 



With the purchase of the WMA, FWP acquired 22 water rights, consisting of one stock watering 

 right and 21 irrigation rights. The sources for the irrigation rights are Ledford, Robb and Warm 

 Springs creeks and a tributary spring to the W. F. Ruby Creek. During the first stage of the ongoing 

 statewide water adjudication, objections to 15 of FWP's claimed rights were filed in 1991 . One 

 objection (by the BLM) has been resolved. Fourteen objections, which were filed by a former owner 

 of property adjacent to the WMA, are now the jurisdiction of the DNRC. Issues raised in the 

 objections have not been completely resolved as yet. 



WMA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE; 



Robb/Ledford Wildlife Management Area (WMA) (Figure 1) was purchased in 1988, primarily to 

 provide winter range for elk. Additionally, the WMA was purchased to provide habitat for other 

 plant and wildlife species that are products of the local soils and climate. 



Purchase Price: $ 1 . 82 million 



Total Cost: $1.99 million 



Percent Federal Aid (PR): 0% 



Percent State License (HB526): 100% 



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