PROJ00527

• Contract/PO #: FS0024X
• Contractor Name: Florida Water Conservancy District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 0
• County: La Plata
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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USPS and the District, the "National Park Service' s cultural
resources site survey...concluded that no historical, archaeologi-
calor paleontological values exist in the reservoir area".

5.9 VISUAL RESOURCES

"The Lemon Reservoir Recreation Area is defined by a unique
combination of visual features. Some of these include landforms,
vegetation, and water, which combine to create an enclosed land-
scape of inherent harmony and character. Lemon Reservoir, along
with the Florida River drainage and its continuous mountain
streams, provides high visual relief. Natural ponds and lakes add
to this relief, and are widely scattered throughout the vicinity
of the reservoir area.

The predominant visual boundaries are defined
rounding landforms. The mountains to the north,
jagged peaks and ridges, tower above the Florida
combined peaks and ridge lines contrast sharply with
form the highest boundary of enclosure. Along the
valley, other boundaries are viewed as vegetation types change.
These boundaries form edges or lines cutting across the natural
landforms. The surface of the reservoir acts as a valley floor
and forms a distinct visual boundary at the shoreline edge. Each
drainage extending downward forms a terminus as it converges at
the reservoir. This arrangement of landforms tends to create a
definite sense of place or arrival." (DMP page 12)

by the sur-
capped with
Valley. The
the sky, and
sides of the

5.10 ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES
.Currently, the only threatened and endangered species
periodically inhabiting the reservoir area is the bald eagle,
typically during the spring and fall months when fish and small

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