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<br />SELECTED ALTERNATIVE <br />ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY"ACCOUNT (CONTINUED) <br />Sedgwick-Sand Draws Watersh~ <br />Colorado <br />Nebraska <br />Components Measures of Effects <br /> <br />6. 250 acres of idle land and 650" <br />acres of low producing alfalfa <br />will be put into more intensive <br />crops such as corn or beets. <br />This will affect the visual land- <br />scape. <br /> <br />7. Erosion above structures will be <br />"reduced by "1328 tons of soil per <br />year, providing a more stable <br />landscape. <br /> <br />8. Flood plain erosion scour will be <br />reduced by an average 107,600 cubic <br />yards annually. <br /> <br />9. Disturbance of 33 acres of irri- <br />n_ _n__ __ nn __ ___ _ _g"t~d_La]!.dLJ<19_~_c:J:~I'Lo_f_JlQ[J=4.g:i-:._ <br />gated cropland, and 179 acres of <br />rangeland during installation of <br />structural measures will cause <br />these areas to differ in visual <br />appearance from the surrounding <br />" landscape. <br /> <br />10. Five acres along the floodway road <br />will be planted with adapted shrubs. <br /> <br />11. Reduced erosion and sediment rates <br />will reduce the probability of sedi- <br />ment pollution in the South Platte <br />River during large storms. <br /> <br />12. Installation of project measures <br />will change the appearance of the <br />landscape. <br /> <br />Part 2-3 <br />December 1975 <br />