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• <br /> Comparison Table- Page 25 (July 30, 1993) <br /> If Amended Mitigation Implemented <br /> Potentially Significant Impacts Final EIR Suggested Mitigation Measures Amended Mitigation Measures Will Impact Be Less Than Significant? <br /> Wetlands <br /> (Department of Fish & Game letter 6/15/93) <br /> Provide mitigation for the loss of seasonal None The applicant proposes to avoid wetland impacts Yes <br /> wetland habitat (vernal pools, seasonal wherever possible. Any loss of wetlands habitat will <br /> wetlands,riparian). be mitigated through coordination with the Army <br /> Corps of Engineers. The applicant proposes to: <br /> - Increase the amount of functional seasonal <br /> wetlands by approximately 30 acres. <br /> - Create five acres of new vernal pool and <br /> ephemeral seasonal wetland habitat. <br /> - Enhance the permanent aquatic habitat of Tracy <br /> lakes by not draining the lakes and by not farming <br /> the lake bottom as has been done since 1940. <br /> - Install water control structures and irrigation <br /> systems to insure manageable and predictable <br /> water levels in Tracy Lakes. <br /> - Increase the acreage of riparian habitat by <br /> approximately 50 acres. <br /> Riparian Forest <br /> (Department of Fish & Game letter 6/15/93) <br /> Provide mitigation for the loss of native None Applicant proposes to enhance the natural Yes <br /> riparian forest and degradation of habitat regeneration of trees and shrubs by the elimination <br /> quality. and/or control of cattle grazing,and by extensive <br /> planting. Also, the amount of riparian habitat will be <br /> increased by approximately 50 acres and <br /> approximately 20 acres of live oak forest habitat will <br /> be restored. An additional goal is to preserve the <br /> existing live oak forest and to protect it from <br /> incompatible land use management practices. <br />