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<br />I.', !\ ..., ;' 'j -\ <br />tjU(~tjtJ) <br /> <br />provided to develop feasible strategies for improved management <br />and regulation of the flood plain within the States of South <br />Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. <br /> <br />In rural areas, Soil COnservation Service watershed programs <br />will reduce damages caused by small floods along watershed <br />project tributaries, and to some degree from infrequent, large <br />floods. In these situations, where appropriate local or State <br />authority exist, integrated Federal, State, and local efforts <br />will discourage non-compatible uses in flood plains which could <br />be inundated by floods. The environmental effects of watershed <br />programs for flood control are similar to those classes of <br />impacts related to the impoundment and channelization of small, <br />intermittent streams, placement of grade stabilization <br />structures, installation of terraces, and use of measures to <br />increase vegetation cover on croplands. Through jUdicious <br />planning, including consideration of a flood plain avoidance <br />alternative, adverse effects on wildlife and other important <br />natural or cultural beneficial flood plain values can be avoided, <br />minimized, or mitigated. Overall, the cumulative effect of the <br />watershed programs will be to decrease slightly the amount of <br />riparian and stream habitats of small tributaries, but to <br />increase quantities of wetland, pond, and lake habitats. Some <br />added water-related recreation opportunities also will be <br />created. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />Recommended fish and wildlife programs generally will not <br />have cumulative adverse impacts on natural ecosystems, <br />agricultural lands, or other resource systems. Programs of most <br />basinwide significance are those to be implemented along the <br />Missouri River corridor (the Fish Rearing facility program at <br />Lake Oshe and the Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Habitat <br />Mitigation Study) and those which place high priority on <br />protection of special or unique habitats (Endangered Species <br />Program). Other programs, including instream flow studies and <br />habitat evaluation methods, are designed to assess fish and <br />wildlife needs, thus improving decisionmaking in regard to the <br />preservation of natural habitats and to the overall allocation of <br />water and related land resources. <br /> <br />State and Federal cooperative fish and wildlife programs <br />have slight beneficial cumulative effects basinwide. The net <br />long-term effect of all fishery programs will be to improve the <br />fisheries of natural and man-made lakes through stocking, habitat <br /> <br />-255- <br /> <br />