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<br />. SELECTED ALTERNATIVE <br />ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACCOUNT (CONTINUED) <br />Sedgwick-Sand Draws Watershed <br />Colorado <br />Nebraska <br />Components Measures of Effects <br /> <br />5. 250 acres presently idle and 650 <br />acres of low producing alfalfa will <br />be put to more intensive use which <br />will cause changes in the present <br />ecosystems. <br /> <br />6. Increased quantity and quality of <br />,crops on 5258 acres annually will <br />affect the ecosystems where these <br />changes occur. <br /> <br />7. Reduction of floodplain scour by an <br />average of 107,600 cubic yards annu- <br />ally will encourage more stable eco- <br />systems. <br /> <br />8. Disturbance of 361 acres during <br />- - -- - - -- - -i-nsta1-1a eio-n- of- s-trueeura:I- mea-sures <br />will disrupt the ecosystems of the <br />areas. <br /> <br />. 9. Two hundred of the 361 acres to be <br />reseeded; will be seeded with species <br />more suitable to wildlife habitat and <br />food than the present vegetation. <br /> <br />10. The floodway through the Sedgwick Bar <br />State Wildlife Area will provide <br />floodwater protection to wildlife <br />habitat. <br /> <br />11. Five acres along the floodway road <br />on the Sedgwick Bar State Wildlife <br />Area will be planted to shrubs for <br />wildlife food and cover. <br /> <br />Part 2-7 <br />December 1975 <br /> <br />. <br />