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1 <br />the north and cast. It. is 39 miles east of Grand Junction. The town has minimal <br />' commerce and no professional services. Many of tl,e hro-ni'; residents crnuun+te Lo <br />Grand Junction and Rifle for work; othr_rs, of r.oursc, work at t:he Occidental <br />mine. The school district serving the town includes parts of both I.1eso and <br />Garfield Counties. <br />Grand Valley is a town of about 500 people 53 miles east of Grand Junction. ?tie <br />census tracts centered on brand Valley have a population of perhaps 1000 to iZ00. <br />' The too-m lies along the Colorado River on Highways 6 and 24 and future Interstate <br />Highway 70, six and a half miles north and cast of the Logan 4Jash site. The <br />distance to Lhe site by road, however, is 26 miles. A limited business dish•ict <br />' exists but not professional services. Ftost local citizens trade in Rifle or <br />Grand Junction. <br />' S. Culture <br />Aesthetic Considerations. The Logan Wash site is nut accessible to the general <br />public, and no change in this situation is envisioned. ;urtace disturbances are <br />mini;nal and do not damage scenic vistas. Only a meteorological tourer and an <br />exhaust stack and its plume are visible from the main road (OS 6 and 'L~11. There <br />is no serious noise or other disturbance to the neighborhood. <br />Archaeological Resources. Nineteen areas of the Logan ;dash site have been con- <br />sidered fer surfar.e disturbance and were surveyec! for evidence of archaeological <br />materials and to determine whether proposed developments might affect siynificant <br />archaeological investigations. In none of the areas v:as evidence of prehistoric <br />occupation found, nor r•rere airy of the areas found to be very suitable for de- <br />' position and preservation of artifacts. The prcposed usage of the site represents <br />a rnininral potential fur the loss of any archaeological materials. <br />Paleontolo~Cical Resources. Localities on and near the Logan !dash site which have <br />' Been proposed for possible dump sites in oil shale operations were surveyed to <br />determine their paleontological value. Four proposed dump sites were cram med: <br />P,iley Gulch, Y,elley Gulch, Smith Gulch, and a side canyon from Logan 4Jash, Dry <br />' Gulch. Two nearby sites were also examined for comparison purposes. All the <br />proposed dwnp areas are exclusively on outcrops of the Green River formation. <br />None of the sites contains extensive outcrops. <br />' The Green River formation at all sites proved fossiliferous. Impressions of <br />both adult and l:v-val insects were recovered from the shales, and fragmentary <br />vertebrate remains were found in sandstone charnels within the deposit, The <br />' fossils recovered from the four proposed clump sites were similar, and investi- <br />gation of the nearby sites indicates that these fossil types are general through- <br />out the area. Flone of tl'~e sites investigated exhibited special concentrations <br />' of fossil material nor were the specimens unique to the sites in type or quality. <br />Coverage of the proposer! dranp sites by mineral o-raste from oil shale operations <br />Trill not cause file loss of valuable paleontological material. <br />t 6. 'wildlife <br />ivrenty-five specir,s of mammals, at least eighty species crf birds, and seven ~:pecies <br />of reptiles have been recorded at the Lo~~an Wash site. Included among the manmials <br />are fifteen rodent species and seven carnivore species. The reptiles include <br />three snake species and four lizard species. The disCribution of species accord- <br />, inq to ha hi tat has been recorded for four scasnns of the year. <br />1 -~- <br />