7281

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7281
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Environmental Assessment, November 1987.
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table ES-1 (Continued)
Impact Findings of Environmental Assessment
Executive Surmmaryl/
Impacts of the
Potentially Affected Resource Impacts of the Proposed Action "No Action" Alternative
Future water development will be facili- Future water development could be hindered by
tated by a Section 7 approach which permits Section 7 consultation which could require a
water developer to offset depletion impacts developer to modify project design or operations
with a monetary contribution toward the to avoid depletion impacts to endangered fish.
recovery program.
The construction planned within the program Similar to the Proposed Action, though the posi-
($5 million fund for capital expenditures) tive irrpacts from planned construction would be
will have minor, positive impacts on popula- less.
tion, employment, and income within the Upper
Basin.
L. Archeological/Cultural Resources The assumed flow releases are unlikely to Same as the Proposed Action.
N adversely affect archeological/cultural
resources.
0
1/Future actions may be different from those assumed in the environmental assessment. If so, appropriate site-specific National
Environmental Policy Act review will be conducted.
m
x
m
n
C
C
m
N
C
3
3
n