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<br />c0rtsidereldg00dforgamespecies (e.g,brook,'rahi@€lW, browtJ,;:an'i1:CJ\'rtfhroilt ttout).m:d'me.nll.l&vli~l\iift'e'dlf$;.
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<br />Craig. The YampaRiver ,als€l"provldesJiabitatfOrtll:e enli1iU}.g:ett~i~f:fI~~ab:p~emilW~~~;!Iii\(;!(tb,1!\lt!),c~\l."',," .
<br />greerilYack tr€lUt.. I:IistoticaH)y,the endlU'rgeredtJdlorlido sqj.J~wft'~n W!l~a:tsb'f,~tirtil iiJ.tIle Yampa'~v~r: '. ' " ','
<br />Reintr(!lcJl:\ciIRg this species in theprojectreachiSlinmin .gif!l1,dfthetJ.S: 'Fi8:tJ.lmd'Wifdttre&emce:'si'.e1i!o~e1;'Y
<br />plan. The.rrroposedprdject seekSt~rest€lre thenparian ana'wetlllntlcdmm~ties tltatsUl:lP0FttheS!3a,~@~'er
<br />speciesatttacte4tothe,area, incl\J;dingsamilhUtora11es,baJlti:eag~es,numer0\'l.B'1'l!!igratory b'i1'~S~l'1!l'f.,~~~d,
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<br />E;xpected<EutureCon,ditions,'Witlfdllt"thePt:Ojec't.Wlfhoutth<vpr.oJect,Jlie :ri1'lari'anha1:l1tat'anbtiig~rt~~.".' s, ,@f
<br />the YampaRiiver and in-stream fishhai\lti1t WiJlc@nnnue t€l'de~li'de. 'Pke_lilJ1ractil!e,O'fa_~g;;j)jl.eti"$eJ'
<br />todivertjhigationf]€lWS wiJI a1s0,C€lntinue. R:iverWidening;'er6'sfon;anilloSSQ'IsinptJ:S:jware eXi~ec!e~~'1ij1> ...
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<br />...flxpectedFuture'Conditions. Withth'e.Project. Fl1tu:re cduditi<:>l'ls With the projeclwiU includeresto!fi:ttgthe
<br />"ariancorridorou the Y'a!U,paR.ivertoc€lnditi0ns sil11ilartdtll:etj1!ojeetrereFehGesite.Theprojectr&$'~teillde
<br />site is located just ,upstream ofthe,existingWi)1'ams mversioi1~anaupstteam'Qf'th'e]ilr<:>jectreachl.']j1m:~~~tity
<br />and qualHy of riparian and wettandhabitatWdUldbe increased. ray reD;fovingthejn"streamdiver~idn$,~sJi,
<br />passage, Water quality, water wmperatuJle, ,foed sources, andc€lv~.'rw€lu,ld iU1p.'rove, Tllepennanent,.al<<;l'ast-a'lile-
<br />height, diversion featu:r,es w€luld also allow the old oxbow nelirfhe WalkerJ'Jlversiontoberest<:>red,Pg~i~1ls of
<br />existing irrigation ditches that w0111d no longer convey inigatiolIf1oW woutdb'e avail<ib'le for off-stre'afuhjrarcian
<br />habitat teSteration.
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<br />Lands, Easements, Rights-of-Way, Relocations and Disposa:IAreas.(LERRDs) Re,ql1irements. Thereach
<br />of the proposed restoration project is held in 34 private dwnerships,aveFaging I 43acl'es each. The stakeholders
<br />are in the process offonningan inigationcompany under the Upper Y ampaWater Cdnservancy I>ist)!'jIjilt, the
<br />project sponsor. The Natu:re ConservallcyoWlls one of the Iargestt'racts and IsveFYsupportive 0'fthfsprojeet.
<br />The estimatedcos't for the LERRD'S is $S'SO;OOO,whichrepresenfsapproxiinately 8 percentoffhe'estifiW,ted;
<br />$6.6millien. t0tlilproj,ect cost. '
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<br />Alternatives tll theProposedPr6ject.The Natural Res0urces' Cohsewatr@)1Semce (iNRCS)imtia,lry
<br />develbpedfive alternative plans; however, the NRCS doesno'thave\the !ll:lthorlty, resdlU'ces, (jr'fundiU.'gto
<br />implement thisrestorationproj ect. 'They NRCS plans investigated cdnSoTidatingfrorp..one tofiveof~ecexisting
<br />temporary diversions into various combinations ofpetmanentdiverSions. Slibsequently,tw€l ofthdiVi;J
<br />a1tematives were eliminated because they provided simifar beIRe.t1ts to the lilternlitive.ad<>pted as the CbtpS of
<br />Engineers proposed project, but at greater cost. The two remaining NRCS alternatives to the Corps' ,ptoposed
<br />,oject are~rieflysunun~zed below: ". .' . , , ' . , . '
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<br />· Alternative I - No Action. Under this alternatIve no Federal (Corps) action would he taken to rest0:l:e the
<br />enviromnent.
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