ABSTRACT
The basis of the system presented by James Lutey of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is that all land has some value to wildlife, with or without a water resource project. The system, based upon the professional evaluation of wildlife habitat, offers a rapid means of reducing complex environmental factors to simple numbers that can be used to compare development alternatives. Two major advantages of this system are the rapidity and ease of application, and a numerical estimate of environmental values.
