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<br />Reco.unc or t.he f':,.'j..:'I'in~ ,"1(=velOrf,l('!'1. :-rminp; '....ould serve only n limited-
<br />purpooe. It could (':1.',:,' l'c'oLdct fuLu,": development of the flood plnin
<br />by allowing future i"'f>l'O~emento on " selective bo.:;is. Zoning could not
<br />remove existing strue;;,,,',,", Eeolop,icnJ ly, this nJ.ternative "auld present
<br />the lenot amount of C:1\'il"On:nentnl alterntions nince neither existing
<br />structures nor the ph,"':! .,,,1 cnviroruuent ",auld be disturbed.' Ho"ever,
<br />nIl exi~ting developnic"tJ "auld still be oubject to noodinp; since this
<br />is 8. non-structural 111 Lef'iHlt:tvC.
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<br />Chn"ndl;,IlU"" ~"" '..10'oller nlternative that "ns considered. Such
<br />a pro.lect would hll\'c L'i\" J""l;.t <\I,31rn1ole environmental e!rects Df all
<br />alte~nl\t1vc" conniderc"l. T:,~"e effecto nre eliminntion of fish hnbitat
<br />IUld levered produ('tJo~ 01' .Cl,1l1f,tie life, destruction of "ildlife h/lbitat,
<br />degradRtion of lIater 'I ,,,,;!.1 t:r through increllsed erosion and sil tntion, a
<br />greater flood thrent Lo 'Inchnnnelized Ilreas further dmmstrenm thlUl
<br />presently exist, pluG" complete lo~o of stream-side aesthetic values.
<br />Such adverse effects r"r out""igh the limited increase in flood prDtection
<br />to be 1'a1nedo
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<br />'fhe alterntltiv., ..'1' """ /lct,ion" "ould not nolve the flood probler.1S
<br />for the exiotln/l: d.,Vf' ",;;r;.,t. F:nvironm~ntnl impncta "ould be minimul
<br />ll.nd the sume as thuu,' ,'"., 'ehe flood plain zoninp;.
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<br />VI ~ The relr..t~ i(1n~):1i n '\i~1;':1I.~("'n locnl short-term uses of man I 9 environment
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<br />"ld the muinteno.nce am] cnhrtnccment of lonp;-tenn producti vi ty.
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<br />Without th" pr0J,.'d" the entire urea belev Morrison (encompassinp;
<br />Lhe project an,,,) lfOUU ;;COll become urbnnized. If thllt happened, the
<br />nKturlll l"iplL-i'"" envi :"C",J'L'llt would be all but destroyed. By implementing
<br />the project. so,"o 3 ,P~)O acrea of land and vllter resources can be kept
<br />from urb!ll1 develo,,,,e,,:,. Ov'~r('.r"zing would eellse. Exploitation of gravel
<br />und eln,)' deposits by ,,,,n::nlctors '.ould ceaSe. With the project "auld come
<br />a retllI71 of erou!>d c'J'.'<'~, repairing of, the scars resulting from mining,
<br />n..d possibly en incl"''''''' in voo<1y vegetation needed for recrention.
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<br />..."uld
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<br />~i "1'eve r-"l ble _,o\l<l., i rrat ri evable
<br />be involved in the pr.opoocd action
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<br />cOTImlitmcnts of resources vhich
<br />should it be imn1emented.
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<br />1'he land "hich tL... opi11"flY, embnnkments IUld lake would occupy
<br />vuuld be pern.t\nentl:y oJ teyed. . Theae 1nnds cDuld not be returned to
<br />their pre-project ntll:',,, "t a 'later date.
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<br />SMd, grllvel' 011'. ,eJ ,.J reoource" within the project "auld not normnll.v be
<br />nve.11able for explo1to'~ion 'chile the project "an sorving' its intended purpose.
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<br />There vou1d be en irreversihle eo~itment of Inbor and materials
<br />needed to, construct th" ]'>r<),leet uhould it be implemented.
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<br />Approximately 1 1/:~ ",il<:u of Benr Md Turkey Creeks "ou1d be
<br />permanently loat.
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