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<br />.. <br /> <br />050~) <br /> <br />Narrows Unit could cause some further degradation of the Platte River's <br /> <br />open, shallow sandbar habitat used extensively by sandhill cranes for <br /> <br />night roosting. However, in the Bureau's opinion, such impacts caused <br /> <br />by the Narrows Unit, alone, should not noticeably alter population <br />numbers or life cycles of any sandhill crane population. <br />. <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation also contends that eve~without any Federally <br />~\ <br />funded projects, political pressure for inf~~~ed'~iCUltural and urban <br /> <br />development would eventually lead to I}.ti'il~'atfOJ~f a certain po~tion <br />/ ' ... <br />> . <br />of the South Platte River flows i.n"Colorado.......including those to :Je <br />" ,~.-' <br />stored by the Narrows Unit. 1he Burea~>bases this belief on,knowledge <br />~. ~ / <br />r " / <br />of Colorado water law a~the exis~ing adjudication of water rights. <br />, I\. '/ <br />. -> <br />Thus, the Bureau believes 'that~any impacts to sandhill crane habitat <br />. <br /> <br />resulting from construction of the Narrows Unit alone would occur <br /> <br />e~entually without the Narrows Unit. <br /> <br />q <br /> <br />, <br />