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<br />"'::" <br />l- <br />ex) <br />e-..: <br />C' <br /> <br />Cby species normally associated with agriculture. Under any of the alternative <br />all ocati ons, the addi ti ona 1 i rri gated crops wi 11 provi de a new food source <br />especially for dove, quail, and cottontail. <br /> <br />c. Impacts of Construction of Distribution Systems <br /> <br />There will be some impacts associated with constructing <br />canals and laterals to deliver irrigation water to Indian reservations and <br />non-Indian farmers. Most of this land will be developed or undeveloped <br />Sonoran Desert; some retired agriculture land, existing irrigated agricultural <br />land, or developed urban lands. Under the worst case allocation scenario, <br />less than 4,400 acres would be disturbed for distribution system construction. <br /> <br />10. Special Status Species <br /> <br />For the action proposed by this EIS, no formal consultation has <br />been undertaken with the Fish and Wildl ife Service (FWS) with regard to the <br />Endangered Species Act of 1973. However, previous consultation with FWS on <br />CAP features has resulted in several lists of endangered species. Within the <br />CAP service there are eight species of wildlife and plants listed as 1ederally <br />threatened or endangered. Additionally there are the wildl ife species 1 isted <br />by the State of Arizona as threatened for unique. <br /> <br />The abundance of cultural resources in the CAP area is <br />disappearing at an increasing rate as population grows and development <br />conti nues. Exact i nventori es of the cultural resources and an ana lys is of <br />impacts can be made only when the precise areal extent of projected land use <br />modifications are defined. At that time, intensive archaeological/historical <br />surveys of the above defined areas would be conducted. Minimal precise data <br />are now available. Generally, however, of the possible senarios, only the <br />conversion of lands to agriculture could have significant impact. <br /> <br />Four of the Indian reservations would use their water <br />allocations solely for development of agricultural uses. Archaeological/ <br />historical surveys in progress indicate the presence of Hohokam Village sites <br />along the 1 arger drai nages. These sites have both surface and subsurface <br />elements that woul d be di sturbed or destroyed by current-day agri cultura 1 <br />practices. Present surveys indicate the presence of extensive surface <br />scatters of artifacts in areas away from the drainage courses. Such features <br />would also be disturbed by agricultural development. <br /> <br />~(~~~~ <br />...b?,..... <br />~~~? <br /> <br />12 <br />