Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement. Upper and Lower Red Lakes. Operation and Maintenance Activities, Red Lake River Basin, Minnesota written by CORPS OF ENGINEERS ST PAUL MN ST PAUL DISTRICT. and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proposed action is the continued operation and maintenance of the Red Lake and Clearwater River Project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Presently operation of the reservoir permits continuous monitoring of water levels in the Red Lakes with the objective of reducing flood damages and augmenting streamflow during dry periods to help meet downstream requirements for water supply and marsh restoration. Water quality of the lakes appears to be good, and the flood control program has been beneficial with about 25,000 acres of cropland along the Red Lake River and 44,000 acres along the Clearwater receiving some degree of potential flood damage reduction. Adverse effects on the economic and cultural environment of the Indians include loss of supplemental income due to loss of trapping and guiding as income sources, and the loss of food and hunting activity because of the loss of opportunity to hunt waterfowl and other game in the marsh area. These losses have occurred as a result of marshland drainage, which was partially caused by the channelization of the river. (Author).