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<br />,r7~ <br />V~ - <br /> <br />According to the Draft Environmental statement, about <br />750 residents, four businesses, and several service facilities in <br />the project area will be relocated. The residents included members <br />of about 150 farm families and 70 families from the communities of <br />Orchard, Goodrich, and Wildona. The latter will no longer exist <br />as communities. The facilities and lands of the Weldon Valley <br />School will be acquired. Thirty graves in the Riverview Cemetery <br />will be relocated to cemeteries outside of the reservoir area. Two <br />churches will be either relocated or terminated as church organiza- <br />tions. The Weldon Valley Ditch Company assests will be acquired. <br /> <br />All land acquisition and relocation of residents will be <br />in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Relocation <br />Assistance and Real Property Acquisition policies Act of 1970 <br />(84 Stat. 1894). Federal provisions for relocation include reim- <br />bursement at fair market price for holdings and paid expenses <br />associated with moving and locating suitable replacement property. <br /> <br />The principal environmental impact of the Narrows Dam <br />and Reservoir will be the inundation of several miles of stream <br />channel. , No significant stream fishery now exists in that portion <br />of the river. However, a considerable reservoir fishery will be <br />created by the water impounded in the reservoir. <br /> <br />Some loss of nesting sites for waterfowl and upland <br />game birds will occur. However, waterfowl use of the area is <br />expected to increase significantly as the result of the reservoir <br />impoundment. The hunting area for small upland game will be <br />decreased but will be increased for waterfowl. <br /> <br />No adverse downstream water-quality effects are antici- <br />pated. The operation of the dam and reservoir will reduce the <br />seasonal and cyclical fluctuations in the water supply and permit <br />water of better quality to be applied to irrigated lands. <br /> <br />Historical or archaeological sites or resources were <br />surveyed in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act. <br />Protection and preservation of historic and cultural resources will <br />be as required by Executive Order 11593 and 36 CFR 800. <br /> <br />The South Platte Valley below Denver is one of the leading <br />agricultural areas of the United States. It is also a major live- <br />stock feeding and processing center. Chronic shortages of available <br />water supplies lead to chronic litigation and reduced crop yields. <br />The only remaining flows available in the South Platte River for use <br />in Colorado are those which escape at the state line during floods <br /> <br />-3- <br />