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Comparison Table- Page 17 (July 30, 1993) If Amended Mitigation Implemented Potentially Significant Impacts Final EIR Suggested Mitigation Measures Amended Mitigation Measures Will Impact Be Less Than Significant? Valley waterfowl wintering season (November consistent and predictable water levels in Tracy through April). Once nesting birds are Lakes. established on sequestered nest sites in May, limited use of hiking trails set back as far from 4) Creating approximately 30 acres of new riparian Yes the lake shore as possible may be possible. vegetation along the margins of Tracy Lakes, The final determination on this point should another 20 acres in created "green tree" areas in be included in the waterfowl management the upper areas of South Tracy Lakes. The plan. These precautions to apply to the strategic placement of dikes across several small Beaver Pond habitat as well. arms of South Tracy Lake will result in a slow draw-down period, especially in the eastern (4.7-3(f)) Place a conservation easement over section of the Lake. Riparian vegetation, the entire South Tracy Lake area and Brovelli especially cottonwoods and willows, will naturally Woods to be retained as permanent open become established upslope from the dike. The space. restoration map shows the distribution of these created "green-tree" environments. The restoration process can be accelerated by actively planting willow and cottonwood cuttings and planting seeds and/or seedlings of oaks, boxelder, ash, and button willow in the appropriate locations. 5) A terrace 50 to 100 feet wide will be created Yes around the perimeter of the deepened South Tracy Lake and in portions of North Tracy Lake. The edge of the terrace will be designed to gradually slope (10:1) to the deepenedlake area. 6) Develop a monitoring program, to be implemented by a competent biologist over a 5 Yes year period, to insure that the above objectives are met. Specifically,the monitoring program will document that the cessation of grazing and the water level management is providing proper inundation for habitat creation; that the site has developed the targeted plant communities (60%