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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />002717 <br /> <br />B. Development Impacts <br /> <br />There will be several impacts to the environment, to users of <br />CSH 6~and to residents as a result of the construction of the dam, <br />spillway, outlet works, reservoir, and relocated road. Temporary <br />inconvenience but no serious interruptions could be experienced by <br />travelers on CSH 64 during the relocation phase due to necessary <br />detours. Minor air pollution will occur in the form of dust during <br />construction of the dam and the relocated highway, and from smoke <br />that will be generated during reservoir clearing operations. As a <br />result of the construction, including excavation in borrow sites, <br />approximately 200 acres of land will be disturbed and exposed to <br />greater wind and rainstorm runoff erosion. Temporary and minimal <br />pollution of the waters of the White River will occur during work <br />on the dam foundation, temporary diversion facilities, spillway, <br />and outlet works. <br /> <br />The residents of the reservoir basin consisting of four <br />families will have their lives disrupted as their homes are purchased, <br />and they will be required to relocate. Nearly 600 acres of grazing <br />and croplands, including lands used for raising of winter feed for <br />livestock, will be eliminated. <br /> <br />Animals which may inhabit the dam and reservoir sites and which <br />may be displaced by the construction of the dam, relocated road, and <br />by filling of the reservoir are beavers, ducks, geese, marmots, musk- <br />rats, pheasant, rabbits, raccoons, shorebirds, and other small mam- <br />mals such as chipmunks, ground squirrels, snakes, lizards, magpies, <br />and songbirds. It is anticipated that most of these animals will be <br />displaced to adjacent or nearby undistrubed areas while a few may be <br />destroyed. There are no endangered species of either plant or animal <br />life within .the reservoir area, although two Colorado squawfish were <br />collected by researchers at an upstream sa~pling station near Rio <br />Blanco Lake in 1978. <br /> <br />III-2 <br />