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<br />~ <br />~ <br />.... <br />C"', <br /> <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />From the very beginning, all entities <br />involved with the Central Arizona <br />Project (CAP) have recognized that the <br />project had the potential to significantly <br />affect the plant and animal ecosystems of <br />central Arizona, To make sure that the <br />CAP took into consideration all living <br />things in the areas it passed through, <br />efforts were made to ensure that impacts <br />on wildlife and desert habitat were mini- <br />mized and that all legislation, such as the <br />Endangered Species Act and Bureau of <br />Reclamation regulations, were adhered to. <br />Biological studies were conducted to <br />detennine how plant and animal commu- <br />nities might be affected by the CAP and <br />how habitat loss could be significantly <br />offset. <br />Because animals will be drawn to the <br />CAP canal for water, many protective <br />measures were incorporated into the <br />design to reduce animal drownings. <br />Forty.five wildlife watering sites were <br />constructed away from the canal. Consid- <br />(continued on next page) <br /> <br />The CAP and <br /> <br />a Fragile <br />Environment <br /> <br />l.'.,~..... .i;C <br />." .. '>/^ <br /> <br />EI CAP y el <br />Media Ambiente <br /> <br />Fnigil <br /> <br />~ <br />, <br />o <br />'" <br />~ <br />o <br />::;: <br /> <br />D esde un principio, todas la entidades <br />involucradas en el Proyecto de Ari- <br />zona Central (CAP) han reconocido que el <br />proyecto podria afectar significamente a <br />los ecosistemas vegetal y animal de Ari- <br />zona central. Para asegurarse de que el <br />CAP tomara en cosideracion todas las <br />criaturas vivientes en las areas que iba <br />pasando, se hicieron esfuerzos para que <br />los impactos en la vida silvestre y del <br />desierto se simplificaran y que toda legis- <br />lacion, tal como el Acta de Especies Ame- <br />nazadas y las regulaciones del Buro de <br />Reclamacion se adherieran. Se conduje- <br />ron estudios biiologicos para detenninar <br />de que manera estas comunidades de <br />vegetal y animal podrian ser afectadas por <br />el CAP y de como podria ser compensada <br />la perdida de sus refugios, <br />Debido a que los animales seran <br />atraidos al canal de CAP por el agua, se <br />incorporaron muchas medidas protectivas <br />dentro del diseiio para evitar que los ani. <br />males se ahogaran, Se construyeron lejos <br />(continuado en pdgina 4) <br />