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e Design and construct a "Scottish-type" golf course. Restrict rodenticides to burrow fumigants only to control gophers and ground squirrels. Eliminate all cattle grazing and initiate the grassland restoration plan as suggested in the Resource Plan prepared by the applicant. Develop and preserve riparian habitat at a 3:1 ratio as replacement compensation for the 13 acres of previously cleared woodland. H-2 Potentially Significant Impact: Elimination of a portion of the oak savannah and Swainson's hawk foraging habitat. This is a secondary impact associated with the mitigation measures outlined above for impact H-1. This impact would result from redesigning the project to be developed in the northwestern portion of the site. Finding: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the FEIR. These mitigation measures are listed below. Statement of Fact: This impact will be reduced by the following: Design and construct a "Scottish-type" golf course. This area would be preserved in an enhanced state in which the rodent production on the fairways could exceed that presently occurring over the entire alternative development area. As stated in the FEIR, the Swainson's hawk is readily disturbed on its nesting sites by human presence, however this behavior does not appear to extend beyond the nesting territory to foraging sites. Apply the grassland restoration plan as suggested in the Resource Plan prepared by the applicant. Incorporate mitigation measures proposed in the Resource Plan for the protection of the native trees on the site. This will ensure that the mature oaks and buckeye trees of the northwest savannah area are not lost. H-3 Potentially Significant Impact: The proposed "restoration" of Tracy Lakes would greatly reduce or eliminate the water bird habitat value of two-thirds of this historic seasonal wetland site. The excavation of all of North Tracy Lake and approximately half of South Tracy Lake would convert the present seasonal wetland habitats to relatively deep, steep sided small reservoir lakes, resulting in the destruction of one of the best known natural wetland basins in the Central Valley, the loss of winter foraging and refuge habitat, and the loss of habitat for spring and summer nesting activities and the rearing of young water birds. Finding: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the FEIR. These mitigation measures are listed below. Statement of Fact: —10—