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<br />1'Ige 12 216/2002 <br /> <br />Describe the positive alld negsfive im{ll!cts this project will hav,", 011 A NY of the population <br />groups identified in paragraphs DI and D2 above. Positive impacts: property will be <br />prctectcd by thi: project. Ncpfu'C Imp==: NOlle <br /> <br />E. Is the proposed project completely within one of the following categories? <br />1. Training Activities: NO <br />2, Public Education Programs: NO <br />3, Studies Involving No Commitment of Resources Except Money and Manpower: NO <br />4. Technical Assistance Activities: NO <br /> <br />otero Coualy <br />3. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />F, DESCR!BE the project area Ia P.lT.~ <br />1. Natural Resources: <br />Otero County is iD the pbyaiograpllie region known as the "GreIIt PlaiDS." Soils iD the <br />County are underlaiD 1ritb sedimentary rocb, and aUuvium bas been deposited iD tbe <br />ArkallSllll River Valley Basin. The COUDty has kIIIg beeR DOted for its agrienltoral <br />cropland. Tile sDrfaee level is relatively flat, with the most topograpllie eoDtrast oeeorrlng <br />Ia the soutbern part of the County (cauyoDland). Flat to gently uDdDIating laad oee1Irs in <br />the northern part of the County. There Is no gas or oil deposits ill the area, and miaiDg <br />operatiou bave eeatered on graveUl8IICI extraetion. Water is probably the most valuable <br />uatoral resource ill Otero COUDty, and its impact to the ecoDomy and future of the area is <br />immense. <br /> <br />2. Significant Cultural or Social Issues: No cultoral or social issues are impacted. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />s. <br /> <br />Land Use Concerns: <br /> <br />Project does Dot impact land DIe issues. <br /> <br />Nearby Endangered Species: <br /> <br />Project does Dot impact endangered <br />Species. <br /> <br />Nearby Historic Sites: <br /> <br />Project does Dot impact bistorie sites. <br /> <br />6, Nearby Archeological Sites: Project does not impact aDY areheologieal <br />Sites. <br />7, Nearby Wetlands, Lakes, Streams, Drainage Ditches (SPECIFY TYPt:: OF WETLAND USING NAnONAL <br />WETLANDS INVENTORY MAP FRdM US FISH & w/WUFE SERVICE): <br />Tbe land Ia Otero County that lies withill the Arkansas River Buill is for the most part <br />irrigated cropland. Otero County is noted for tbe Dumber of eanals aDd drainage ditcbes <br />that iDterseet our geograpbic plaDe. Holbrook Reservoir is tbe main lake in Otero CODDty, <br />aItbOllgb there are a DUmber of smaller reservoirs aDd ponds scattered throDgbout tbe <br />COUDty. See map at Part 13 - Tab 1. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8, <br /> <br />Geographyrropography (USE SClENnFlC NOMENGLA lURE) <br />Otero COUDty is relatively flat with the most contrasting relief Doted in the southern <br />portiOD of the County, i.e., mesas, caDyon IaDd, ete. Flat to geDdy undoiating land is <br />present ill the Arkansas River basiD area. Elevations in the County range from around <br />4,100 feet (point of egress of tile Arkansas River iato Otero Couuty) to approJimately 5,100 <br />feet above sea level ill the southwestern portion of the County. <br /> <br />8. Economic ,Issues/Concerns: <br />