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<br />-2- <br /> <br />briefly summarized project impacts on fish and wildlife resources and <br />formally withdrew the May 1953 report and its supplements, It expressed <br />the opposition of the Service to the construction of the project. <br />A'n April 9, 1976, memorandum from the Bureau of Reclamation notified <br />~ the Fish and Wildlife Service of certain changes being made in the <br />project plan.- Briefly, these changes entail: (1) 'a reduction of about <br />3,250 acres in "new" lands to be irrigated; (2) a ;reduction of about <br />29,000 acre-feet in the active capacity of Pot Hook Reservoir; and (3) <br />a reduction in the length of the Pot Hook Canal by .about 14 miles. <br />Although these modifications would reduce the magnitude of <br />the adverse impacts vn antelope and sage grouse, the position of the <br />Fish and Wildlife Service--based on overall effects of the project-- <br />remains unchanged. <br /> <br />This report fias.~aeen prepared under the authority, and in accordance <br />witfi the provisions, of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. <br />401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. et. seq.). Its purpose is to amplify <br />the views expressed in the March 15 Position Statement and to further <br />support the ServiceTs conclusion-that the project should not be <br />~ constructed.. <br /> <br /> <br />