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Finding (H-3) <br /> EIR Impact (4.7-3) <br /> 1) A terrace 50 to 100 wide feet will be created around the perimeter of the deepened <br /> South Tracy Lake and in portions of North Tracy Lake. The edge of the terrace will <br /> be designed to gradually slope (10:1) to the deepened lake bottom. <br /> 2) Enhance and restore Tracy Lakes by: <br /> a) not pumping out water for farming; and <br /> b) the creation of a permanent body of water by a combination of lake deepening, <br /> development of water storage capabilities in the upper portions of Jahant <br /> Slough, and, in drought years, ground water-pumping. <br /> 3) Develop North Tracy Lake and the western 1/3 of South Tracy Lake as a <br /> permanent lake, for a total of 135 acres. <br /> 4) Restore and create approximately 30 acres of new riparian vegetation along the <br /> margins of Tracy Lakes. <br /> 5) Restore approximately 20 acres in created "green tree" areas in the upper arms of <br /> South Tracy Lake. <br /> 6) Develop a monitoring program, to be implemented by a competent biologist over a <br /> 5 year period, to insure that the above objectives are met. Specifically, the <br /> monitoring program will document that the cessation of grazing and the water level <br /> management is providing proper inundation for habitat creation; that the site has <br /> developedthe targeted plant communities (60% cover by riparian species);and that <br /> the site supports associated wildlife species. <br /> 7) The strategic placement of dikes across several small arms of South Tracy Lake will <br /> result in a slow draw-down period, especially in the eastern section of the Lake. <br /> Riparian vegetation, especially cottonwoods and willows, will naturally become <br /> established upslope from the dike. The restoration map shows the distribution of <br /> these created "green-tree" environments. The restoration process can be <br /> accelerated by actively planting willow and cottonwood cuttings and planting seeds <br /> and/or seedlings of oaks, boxelder, ash, and button willow in the appropriate <br /> locations. <br /> 8) Develop compensation wetlands as depicted on Figure 9, p. 206, of the Buckeye <br /> Ranch Resource Plan. <br /> 9) End the current practice of periodicallytilling the drying portions of the lake basin to <br /> allow aggressive pioneer weeds to invade the entire area. <br /> 10) Retain a waterfowl management specialistto design and supervisethe planting and <br /> management of a plant compliment in the shallow area of South Tracy Lake which <br /> 7 <br />