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<br />(:~~,,, <br />~.;. .':,[J <br />"'1(.::,,'.- <br /> <br />w <br />w <br />t:) <br />QQ <br /> <br />.~.. .," ... <br />,,:";.. <br /> <br />",."., <br /> <br />Wetland IMPacts , <br />It is estimated that implementation of the 214 salinity contracts <br />will result in the loss of 3.1 acres of type 1 and 2 wetland. To <br />date, 1.5 acres of wetland type 1 and 2 has actually been lost. <br />However, 36.9 acres of new wetland construction is planned in <br />contracts on upland sites to replace these losses. Constructed <br />wetlands will be a complex of type 3,4 and 5 bordered by type 1 and 2. <br />A net gain of 33.8 acres of wetland is expected. Of the 50.1 acres of <br />shallow water development shown in table 3, 13.2 acres will be <br />constructed in existing wetland and the remaining 36.9 acres built in <br />upland. In addition to the created 36.9 acres of wetland, 268.5 acres <br />of existing type 1,2,3,4.5,6 and 9 wetland will be enhanced. <br />Improvements will be in the form of fencing to exclude livestock and <br />adding to the overall diversity of the wetland system by blasting <br />potholes or excavating shallow water areas. Within these 268.5 acres, <br />approximately 13.2 acres of open water mixed with aquatic and emergent <br />vegetation (type 3,4 and 5 wetland) will replace the sedge, rush, <br />cattail and saltgrass vegetation (type 1,2,3 and 9 wetland) that <br />presently exists. To date, 2.6 acres of the above 13.2 acres planned <br />in wetland has been installed. An additional 34.5 acres of wetland <br />has also been developed on upland sites. Wetland habitat management <br />is being applied to 126.2 acres of the planned 305.4 acres. <br />A net gain of 32.02 WDV's are estimated to be gained over pre- <br />contract condition When all scheduled wetland practices and management <br />are implemented. Since constructed wetland placed on upland sites is <br />already surpassing planned estimates by 11.2 acres, the estimated gain <br />of 32.02 WUV's is below what actual values will be. Constructed <br />wetlands will be evaluated 3 years following completion of contract. <br />At this time, no contracts fall in this category. Therefore, applied <br />WUV's have not been, calculated. <br /> <br />25 <br />