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TABLE 2-2 (continued) <br />SUMMARY OF IMPACT'S <br />a <br />Resource <br />Livestock Gmring <br />No Aetlon (POot Plant) <br />Proposed Aellon/125,000 TPY 50,000 TPY 500,000 TPY <br />4 AUMs lost for project 2 AUMs tat for project tifa 10 AUMs lost for project life. <br />life. <br />Average 173-acre loss ovtt mine Average 132-sae lass ovtt mine Average 345-acre lass over mine <br />life. Carrying apsriry ro- life. Carrying opacity ro- life. Carrying capacity reduction <br />duction of 1.3 percent duction of 1 percent of 2.6 percent. <br />Long-term conversion of from Long-mrm conversion of from Long-term conversion of from 186 <br />54 to 127 woodland saes. 2g to 61 woodland aces. to 406 wmdlend saes. <br />Water consumption rate of 169 Water consumption rate of 124 Water maumption rate of 674 <br />acre-feet per year. aao-feet per year. aao-[eet per year. <br />Forage production last on dis- <br />turbed areas resulting in a loss <br />during We project life of 36 <br />AUMs <br />Wildlife Average 59-acre lass of mule <br />deer winter range habitat at any <br />given time over mine fife-re- <br />ucing Piaance Basin's carrying <br />caparity threshold tolerance by <br />0.5 percent (sce text). <br />Cultural Resources <br />Long-term conversion of 4.5 <br />acres o[ mature pivyovyuniptt <br />woodland habitat to shrub-grass <br />chamtitt, with wr7dlife popuht- <br />tioa end community companion <br />adjusting commeaumte with ro- <br />maining habitat <br />Water consumption Ievel o[ 93 <br />acre-feet per year from Upper <br />Colorado River Basin, ultimately <br />reducing Oow contn'buted to <br />downstream endangered species <br />fisheries. <br />Riparian-wetland resources in <br />Ye0ow Crcek would remain <br />uvaffexted. <br />4 known sites potentially <br />impacted. <br />Potential destnraioo or lass of <br />unknown sites from inadvertent <br />A~~.rh~„rn due to comtructioq <br />vandalism, or change iv Gve- <br />stoclt gmarrg patterrtx <br />No net loss of wethmd aaeage No net lass of wetland acreage Substavlial base flow loss has <br />expected. Minor changes in expected. Minor change in potential to effect notable reduc- <br />emergent wetland companion emergent wetland composition bons of ivchannel wetLtvd extent <br />considered functionally iasig- considered funttiovaBy iasig- as well az masidemble oompai- <br />ni6rant nificant tioml shins. Unable to quantify <br /> changes wiWout additional hydro- <br /> logic analysis. <br />10 known sins potentially 7 known sites potentially 21 known sites potentially <br />impacted. impacted, impacted. <br />Same Same Same <br />