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<br />b. Blanca WHA - Project construction and operation will affect 198 <br /> <br /> <br />acres of mid- to high-value wetland habitat on the Blanca WHA. This wetland <br /> <br />habitat will be improved and maintained with 891 acre-feet of water annually. <br />Waters salvaged from project operation will provide about 800 acre-feet per year <br /> <br />toward alleviation of tile total detrimental effects on the Blanca WHA. The BLM <br /> <br />will manage and improve these wetlands through use of mitigation waters. <br /> <br />c. San Luis Lake - A flow through water system, using about 4 <br />ft3js, will be provided as a part of the project to ilelp stabilize San Luis Lake <br /> <br />at about 890 surface acres. The use of this water source and water from Head <br /> <br />Lake vicinity will provide about 890 acres of high-value wetland habitat as <br /> <br />replacement for the existing low-value wetland habitat. <br /> <br />d. Russell Lakes WMA - A total of 2,998 acres of mid- to lligh- <br /> <br />value wetlands in Russell Lakes will be developed, maintained, and improved with <br /> <br /> <br />management. About 1,900 acres of wetland habitat now exists in the area. <br /> <br />Wetland improvement will be accomplished by purchase in fee title of about 3,120 <br /> <br />acres of private land and transfer of about 1,520 acres of lands under the <br />administration of the State of Colorado. The waters necessary for the improve- <br />ment and maintenance of existing wetlands will be obtained as water rights <br /> <br />appurtenant to land acquisition. No additional water from the project will be <br /> <br /> <br />required. The CDW will administer the development, for which funding is <br /> <br /> <br />included in the mitigation plan. <br /> <br />r' .....,.. 1 ,-~ . <br />...".... ........iuJ <br /> <br />B. Terrestrial Vegetation and Habitat Mitigation <br /> <br />Some 11,098 acres of land within project boundary will experience a <br /> <br />varying degree of reduction in plant vigor and density due to water table <br /> <br />drawdown. The effect on vegetation will be most severe in the immediate <br /> <br />32 <br />