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<br /> <br />CONTENTS (continued) <br /> <br />Chapter IV-Alternatives (continued) <br />Plan selection (continued) <br /> <br />Social Effects account ............................... <br />Plan selection summary ............................. <br />Financial and economic analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Cost effectiveness .................................. <br />Irrigation improvement facilities .................... <br />Winter waterimprovements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Salinity cost sharing and repayment ................. <br />Implementation considerations/uncertainties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Schedule ...................................... <br />Conditions precedent to construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Uncertainties ...................................... <br />Geology and construction materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Rights-of-way and relocation requirements ............... <br />Monitoring and evaluation ........................... <br />Project administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Other arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Chapter V-Affected environment and environmental <br />consequences <br />Introduction ......................................... <br />Rationale ........................................... <br />Unavoidable adverse impacts ............................ <br /> <br />Long-term impacts .................................... <br />Irreversible and irretrievable impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Vegetation .......................................... <br />Description of existing conditions ...................... <br /> <br />Wetlands ...................................... <br />Comparative impact analyses ......................... <br />Resource Protection and National Economic <br />Development plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Impacts of off-farm measures .................... <br />Impacts of winter water component ............... <br />Impacts of onfarm measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />No Action Alternative ............................ <br /> <br />Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Description of existing conditions ...................... <br />Big game (large mammals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Upland game ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Waterfowl ..................................... <br />Furbearers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Nongame species ................................ <br />Nongame birds ............................... <br /> <br />Raptors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Small mammals .............................. <br />Reptiles and amphibians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />IV-36 <br />IV-42 <br />IV-46 <br />IV-46 <br />IV-46 <br />IV -49 <br />IV-49 <br />IV-52 <br />IV-52 <br />IV-53 <br />IV-53 <br />IV-53 <br />IV-54 <br />IV-54 <br />IV-56 <br />IV-57 <br /> <br />V-I <br />V-I <br />V-4 <br />V-4 <br />V-4 <br />V-5 <br />V-5 <br />V-5 <br />V-6 <br /> <br />Ii <br />Ii <br />II <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />V-8 <br />V-8 <br />V-9 <br />V-I0 <br />V-12 <br />V-13 <br />V-13 <br />V-13 <br />V-13 <br />V-13 <br />V-14 <br />V-14 <br />V-14 <br />V-14 <br />V-15 <br />V-15 <br /> <br />I <br />':1 <br /> <br />n;l( 4"'" <br />li~, JI <br />