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Week Four Review Worksheet Must be handed in on Blackboard by 12pm this Thursday Answer with True or False Ecological (or environmental) impact assessments (EIA) require decisionmakers to make the most environmentally sound choice recommended by the EIA. False EIAs only are required at the federal and state level. True EIAs can be required for the development and decommissioning of a project. True Fill in the blank Populations and habitats can be considered valuable due to their cultural significance, rarity, and __ ecological significance ________. Certain ski resorts in Colorado end their ski season early because elk migration takes place in late spring and their resorts are a part of the migration route. This is an example of _____ Avoidance ____________ mitigation. Circle or highlight the correct answer(s) Indicator/ receptor is the name assigned to different measures of quantity and quality of organisms, habitat, and ecosystem functions when conducting an EIA. Circle or highlight the correct answer An EIA: Suggests alternatives Provides opportunities for public comment Illustrates potential consequences of the development All of the above Replacing lost organisms or habitat off site of the development is a mitigation tactic called: Rescue Reduction Avoidance Compensation Answer the questions to the best of your ability You are a contractor aiding in the development of an EIA for a proposed resort. This resort will be built on mature forested areas about 1 mile from a local tributary. Discuss some direct,
indirect, regional, and possible positive effects you will include in the EIA. (you can come up with some hypothetical situations and bring in some potential concepts from slide 14 and 15 of the EIA ppt). There are many possible ways we can look at this as there can positive and negative effects on the status of that environment in the affected area. I believe that having the involvement of state and local government policies towards the local tributary would be beneficial. It’s beneficial as it can limit or prevent damages towards the tributary for example, waste coming from that resort must be contained rather than leaking it out in the tributary. Mitigation would be another positive in terms of using the right mitigation tactic such as Compensation. For example, if the “acre for acre” policy were to be put in this situation, we could reforest the specific area. We also must look at how creating a resort could possibly lead to more severity of those species living in that habitat where the resort is. In my opinion its hard to see how a resort can lead to anything positive towards and ecosystem/environment as you’re basically taking that part of the habitat from its natural owners. During the EIA process, you find that a threatened species endemic only to the area in which the development is proposed. Describe what mitigation tactics you could employ. Since this situation is dealing with a threat to species as an endemic or like a disease, there are many options you could handle this. One way to take care of this situation would be containment as you can contain that harmful disease/effects but also, we can rescue animals. Rescuing species living in that habitat can prevent the potential spread and contact of the threat. Lastly, reduction can be beneficial as taking it away or reducing the threat can prove to be effective. Each tactic can work or intertwine as the main objective is to help/save the species living in that habitable area where biodiversity is rich and valuable. Using the provided pdf of Comments on the Draft Supplement No. 2 To The 1982 Yazoo Area Pump Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (October 2020), select 3 comments and describe the reasons they claim the EIA is lacking (include terms like ‘scope’ and ‘receptor’, explain whether the comments address impacts that affect ecological, cultural, or other human environments, and what their suggestions are). You do not need to read this entire document! Just look for your examples, and you can peruse the rest if you’d like. As demonstrated throughout these comments, the DSEIS contains serious flaws that severely underestimate and obscure the significant adverse impacts of the Proposed Plan which is clearly prohibited by the 2008 Clean Water Act § 404(c) Final Determination and the Clean Water Act 404(b)(1) Guidelines. The Conservation Organizations urge the Corps to abandon the Proposed Plan and the deeply flawed DSEIS, and instead focus on opportunities for providing more effective, meaningful, sustainable, and immediate benefits to the communities in the Yazoo Backwater Area while restoring this ecologically critical region. – This comment shows us that conservation organizations should ditch the corrupted yet flaw DSEIS and Proposed Plan. Their main objective should be focusing on supporting the biodiversity providing more effectiveness towards. Looking at the receptors measuring the quantity and quality of organisms and how their habitat functions.
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