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<br />4455 <br /> <br />of about 60 feet in width. This will require about lOO acres <br />of clearing. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(3) There are private lands along the alinement of the <br />Mt. Elbert Conduit that are presently used for pasture <br />and the cultivation of irrigated hay and irrigated pasture. <br />Construction will preclude some of this production tempo- <br />rarily. Since the conduit will be buried, most of the land <br />can be returned to production following construction. <br /> <br />(4) Construction will have an immediate short term stimu- <br />lative effect on the local economy resulting from the <br />increased demands for food, lodging, entertainment and <br />other services for construction labor as well as for <br />construction materials and fuel, oil, and equipment parts <br />as may be purchased locally. <br /> <br />(5) The construction will have a short term impact normally <br />associated with operation and maintenance of heavy earth- <br />moving and concrete batching, mixing and placing equipment. <br />These include a temporary construction headquarters camp <br />of concentrated activity throughout the construction period <br />and less concentrated activity all along the Mt, Elbert <br />Conduit alinement as construction progresses. Noise, traffic, <br />and some dust are the predominant characteristics of <br />construction. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(6) Smaller animals and birds displaced by the clearing <br />operation and physical construction of the conduit will <br />probably migrate into adjoining areas. <br /> <br />(7) wnile most of the conduit will be screened by forest <br />growth, parts of the conduit alinement will be visible from <br />several locations in the Arkansas Valley from Sugar Loaf Dam <br />to the Mt. Elbert Forebay. <br /> <br />(B) An archeological survey of the Mt. Elbert Conduit <br />will be made during the summer of 1975 by Dr. William <br />Buckles, Department of Anthropology, Southern Colorado <br />State College, Pueblo, Colorado. <br /> <br />(9) Halfmoon Diversion Dam will require the clearing of <br />approximately 2 acres of land. The terrain is rocky and <br />covered primarily with sagebrush, grass, and coniferous <br />forest. Approximately 2 acres of private land will be <br />acquired for rights-af-way. <br /> <br />IV-65 <br /> <br />. <br />