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<br />. <br /> <br />would have to adjust to the new environment or migrate out of the <br /> <br /> <br />area. The availability of food and vegetation would be altered <br /> <br /> <br />but not to the extent that avian forms would leave the area. <br /> <br />The quality of air in the project area would decrease tempo- <br /> <br /> <br />rarily due to construction activities. This impact would be <br /> <br /> <br />minor. <br /> <br />The plan would result in the net destruction of approximately <br /> <br /> <br />700 feet of riparian vegetation in narrow strips along the <br /> <br /> <br />channel in the downstream area. The total area would be about <br /> <br /> <br />one-third of an acre. <br /> <br />SOCIAL WELL-BEING (SWB) <br /> <br /> <br />The social well-being account, shown in table 9, includes <br /> <br /> <br />measurement of changes in the quality of life, health, and <br /> <br /> <br />safety; changes in educational, cultural, and recreational oppor- <br /> <br />tunities; and injurious displacement of people and community <br /> <br /> <br />disruption. <br /> <br />Beneficial impacts are the number of families downstream from <br /> <br /> <br />Lowry Air Force Base that would be protected from potential flood <br /> <br /> <br />hazards. This includes families protected by eliminating the <br /> <br /> <br />potential for failure of Kelly Road Dam and the families who <br /> <br /> <br />would be protected by the channel improvements from floods up to <br /> <br /> <br />the 10-year flood. Families protected by the downstream channel <br /> <br /> <br />improvements and the drainage improvements upstream from Lowry <br /> <br /> <br />Air Force Base are not quantified. Beneficial impacts also <br /> <br /> <br />include acres of open space preserved in an urban area. <br /> <br />No families would be displaced by the selected plan. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />44 <br />