The Uncompahgre Habitat Partnership Program (UHPP) Committee was originally appointed in 1996. The UHPP has experienced a steady increase in big game/landowner conflicts due to a variety of reasons, occurring primarily on the exterior "fringes" of the Uncompahgre Plateau, on private lands and the public/private land "interface". Conflicts are due to the expanded and changing distribution of deer and elk within the program area, a long-term increase...