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, 4. ,-~ williams DraJ~Qoad The existing Williams Draw Road (designated FUK 505 and County Road S) will be improved from the Bradfield Bridge over the Dolores River to the intersection with County Road 16, a d~stance of 2.5 m~les. Excessive grades will be reduced where feasible and tne road widened to 20 feet with 2-foot shoulders. Major earthwork will be required. This road will also have a design speed of 30 miles per hour and an all-weather surface. 5. Orimston Point Road and Ferris Road Ormiston Point Road (designated FDR 521) and Ferris Road (designated FDR 520) will have a combined length of 11.2 miles, connecting Glade Road and Lone Dome Road. Ormiston Point Road will be constructed following the general alignment of the Ormiston Point Road (FDR 521) and will involve major earthwork. The existing Ferris Road will be improved by widening and will link Glade Road and Ormiston Point Road. Both roads will be 20 feet wide with 2-foot shoulders and will have all-weather sur- faces and design speeds of 30' miles per hour. C. Mitigation Measures Measures to minimize impacts to big game were suggested in a mem- orandum from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Reclamation in December 1979. The memorandum suggested measures such as limiting the max~mum design speed of the roads, having signs identifying migration corridors, and restricting winter travel. Roads upgraded would, as noted above, have posted speed limits. The speed limit would be set at 40 miles per hour on county roads and 30 miles per hour on roads in the National Forest. The Dolores-Norwood road is both county and National Forest and would be a 40 mile per hour road. The Forest Service will maintain the roads during the spring, summer and fall seasons. Winter access to vehicles would be limited, since neither the Forest Service nor the counties plow these roads. Private commerc~a1 companies may be permitted open segments of the roads to obtain access to parts of the forest. Wildlife game and The Forest Service will cooperate with the Colorado Division of in determining if signs are necessary on migration routes of big will close critical winter range areas to snow mob~le use. Disturbed areas along the road right-of-ways will be reseeded following construction. Riprap will be placed along portions of the Lone Dome Road to prevent excessive erosion along the banks of the Dolores River. Excessive dust will be eliminated by watering roadways periodically. 4