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SUMMARY OOO~73 A1tom,tive S, Reln",to PWC I Alternative A: Reinstate PWC Use under a Spec!al Un under a Special Regulation with Additional Regulation as Previously Management Prescriptions No-Action AhemaUve: Allow Impact Topic Managed (Preferred AllemaUve) No PWC Use Soundscapes P'NC use IffiOaOS: Minor to PvVC use imoads_ Similar 10 PWC use imoacts- moderate adverse Impacts at allernallve A except benefICIal OccaSIOnally notiCeable 1TlOsllocallons 00 Blue Mesa im(lacts from speed and wake beneficial effect from banmng Reservoir and irrrnediate restnctlOf1s and creatoon 01 personal watercraft SlOce on sUfTouncling area, Impact would buffer zones the high use days personal be related to the number of Cl.lmulatlVelf11Oacl.s Simrlarto watercraft compromise personal watercraft operating alternallVeA approximately 7% of tOlal as well as the sensitlVT!y of molOn.zed use other visitors CumulatIve lITIOacts_ Beneficial CumulatIVe tmQacts MlOor to impact wllh no PVv'C moderate adverse With sounds eonlnbullon heard occaSIonally throughout the day, and may predomlOate 00 busy days during the high use season_ Wddhfe and Wlldhle P'NC use moacts Negligible PVI/C use Imoacts Slfmlar to PWC use Imoacts Benefioal Habitat adverse effects on fISh, and alternative A except addllJOnal Impact WIth elimination of negligible to minor Impacts on limitabons on PWC use would InteractiOns between PWC waterfowl and Other WIldlife slightly reduce ImpadS on users and Wildlife With potenbal Impacts 10 fish, wildlife and wildhfe Expanded wake Increased use of these areas respectIVe habttats would be reslrictlonswould result'" a bywlldlrle and waterfowl temporary and s.hor1term beneflCiallfTlpad Cumulative lfTIOacts Similar to Cumulative imoacts Minor CumulatlVeimoacts Same as alternatIVe A except no PINe adverse effects on wildlife and a"ernalrveA contnbullon to o~erall Impacts Wlldlrle would be temporary and 10 wlldlrle and wTldllfe habitat. shott term Threatened and P'lNCuse moacts May affect, PVVC use moadS- Similar to PWC use moacts Benefidal Endangered, and but 1$ not likely to adversely alternative A except buffer impact to the wildlife speaes 01 Special Concern affect 10 federal or slate IiSled lanes and speed restnctJOnS concern due to a ban on PWC SpeCIeS speCIeS All park senslllVe could result in beneftoal "~ Speeles are unlikely 10 be impacts to some speCies CumulallvelfTl[lacts SllT1llarto affected In the short or long CumulatIVe lfTlOacts SImilar to allernatlVe A except PWC te~ alternative A contllouhon to overall Cumulative lITlDacts Not likely cumulatIVe Iffipactslo to adversely effect listed prolected speCJes would be speoesto spetialstatus eliminated species due to lack of species occuflences as well as a lack of access to the speoes or Ihelfhabilats_ Shorelines and PWC use lfT'ItIacts: Negligible PWC use lfTloacts' Benehci.al PWC use moacts Beneftaal Shoreline Vegetahon adverse effect over the short lfTlpacts over the short and long impacts over the short and long and Iong-lerm term The shorehr>e buffer term from banmng PWC use, Cumulatrve imoacts NegligIble would provide some addttlOOal CumulallYe lfTltIacls Negligible 10 minor adverse in the short protection to minor, bUI adVerse, due 10 and long- term due 10 wind- CumulatIVe tmOacls Beneficial continued boating use and related erosIOn, wave action, lf1'II)acls due 10 shoreline buffer. some wlnd.-felated erosiOn and other VISitor actIVitieS such asoo.:.~- "