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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.700
Description
Colorado River Basin General Publications - Augmentation-Weather Modification
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
4/13/1983
Author
DOI-BOR
Title
CREST - Colorado River Enhanced Snowpack Test - Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />OOll131 <br /> <br />with permanent monitoring stations outside the wilderness for future <br />use, thereby ensuring a continuous flow of hydrometeorological infor- <br />mation to aid future environmental study programs in the wilderness, <br />the information is available via satellite on a year-round basis. In <br />addition, the weather information is useful to the user public who <br />desire it for wilderness travel planning and providing additional <br />insurance for the public health and safety. The data can be used in <br />fire safety and monitoring programs. Also, hydrometeorological data <br />are useful in analyzing forest insect and disease patterns. <br /> <br />Environmental assessments for installation of these data collection <br />networks have pointed out that the installations are temporary in <br />nature, have only minimal effects on small sites, that the installation <br />involves no irreversible or irretrievable resource commitments, that <br />there are no apparent adverse cumulative or secondary effects, that no <br />offsite biological or physical effects will occur, and that sufficient <br />discretion exists for site selection that sites can be located so as to <br />be removed from expected visitor use areas. <br /> <br />At the request of the National Park Service, the Bureau entered into a <br />cooperative agreement for the installation of a hydrometeorological <br />data collection station in a remote area of the Rocky Mountain National <br />Park. The data collected by this station will assist the National Park <br />Service in its studies of the impacts of acid rain upon the park. The <br />data will be available to other researchers also. <br /> <br />7. Impacts on archeological, historic, and cultural sites. - In all <br />summer and winter cloud seeding projects conducted by the Bureau, the <br />States in which the project was located and downwind States were <br />contacted for information regarding historic and cultural sites on, or <br />eligible for, the Federal Register, and the National Register itself <br />has been checked in relation to project areas. No instance was found <br />of probable effect, adverse or otherwise, on any historic or cultural <br />resource. Similar consultation and coordination with State Historic <br />Preservati on Officers and other concerned offici al s wi 11 be accom- <br />plished as part of the site-specific environmental assessments to be <br />conducted as part of the authorized and funded CREST project. <br /> <br />8. Impacts on aesthetic values. - Incremental increases in precipita- <br />tion will have no effect on the aesthetic values of the study area. <br />There is no perceptible difference between nuclei-induced and natural <br />snow. The extension of high country snowbanks slightly later into the <br />spring season may enhance an aesthetic experience for some mountain <br />travelers and may degrade it for others. <br /> <br />To the maximum degree possible, CREST instrumentation will be hidden <br />from public view to preclude visual intrusion on the landscape as well <br />as to diminish chances of vandalism. However, even these small sites <br />located within vast areas could be regarded as an intrusion by back- <br />packers, hunters, or others seeking a pristine aesthetic experience if <br />they happen to come upon them. <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />J <br />
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