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. Issues raised by subcommittee members included: o How will success be measured? o The environmental community and the public will expect to the extent possible mitigation occur prior to the project being fully implemented. o Will conservation easement language be adapted in this case to more adequately protect Preble's habitat than traditional CEs? ii) Critical Habitat . Mary explained that Fish and Wildlife Service's policy regarding impacts to critical habitat requires that mitigation occur on designated critical habitat within the same critical habitat unit. Therefore, the critical habitat impacted by the Reallocation Project would have to be mitigated on designated critical habitat along the Upper South Platte. iii) Bird Habitat . Mary reported that the Service was generally in agreement with the Systems Approach as at least a starting point for mitigation for lost migratory bird habitat. b) Wetland Mitigation . Mary reported that Tetra Tech and ERO are not clear on how the Corps will be addressing mitigation to wetlands that are inundated as a result of the Project. . Rick McLoud requested that ERO and Brooke work with the Corps to resolve this issue as soon as possible. c) Incremental Cost Analysis . Mary briefly discussed the Corps' approach to incremental cost analysis as it relates to environmental mitigation approaches. . The Corps requires that a baseline be established for which other alternatives will be compared. d) Identify action items . The group identified the following issues needing further attention either in the EIS or at future meetings. o Coordinating with the Corps regarding wetlands mitigation. o Ensuring environmental mitigation approach addresses how to measure success, clearly states how functions and values are measured and then compensated for. o Conservation easement should be crafted to provide adequate habitat protection. o Work with Corps to get a formal understanding of how wetlands will be mitigated. 5) Recreation Mitigation . Brooke reported that she met with Dave Giger and Ken Brink, Colorado State Parks, to discuss State Parks' issues regarding the Reallocation project. Based on that conversation, Brooke asked Dave to reiterate these issues for the benefit of the Subcommittee. . Brooke turned the discussion over to Dave.