Alternative G2 Sample Clauses

Alternative G2. Under this alternative, a ferry would run between Peninsula Point (Station REV-3A) and Xxxxx Point (Station GRV-3A). It is assumed that construction of a ferry terminal at Peninsula Point would disrupt a portion of the rich rocky intertidal face of the point. However, because of the steepness of this face, the net area affected would be relatively minor Displaced organisms would be replaced with similar species on the new hard structures placed for the terminal. No eelgrass was found in the xxxxx area west of the point that would require dredging for the ferry berth, but kelp (Laminaria) and other algae were abundant. Construction of the ferry terminal at Xxxxx Point on the western side of Tongass Narrows would likely affect areas of kelp and eelgrass that lie offshore of the rocky point and in silty-sand pocketed beaches at the base of the rocky intertidal outcrops. These same pocket beaches have very high densities of butter and littleneck clams. The highest intertidal areas around the several rocky outcrops of Xxxxx Point support a fringe of typical saltmarsh vegetation that may be eliminated, in part, by ferry access construction. The access road from this ferry landing would cross two tributaries of Airport Creek; construction of these crossings could increase sedimentation rates in the estuary, adversely affecting the vegetation (described above). This alternative would approach the airport along the northern shore of the Government Creek Estuary and would result in some disruption of shallow subtidal biota. Alternative G2 would likely have few impacts on eelgrass and kelp beds in this area.

Alternative G2. The ferry terminal on the Revillagigedo Island side of G2, the northwesternmost of the alternatives, would be on a fill-covered peninsula now occupied by Temsco Helicopters. The landing on Xxxxxxx Island would be near Xxxxx Point, in U.S. Survey 1803 (see Figure 5). Here, there is a gravel beach protected between two bedrock outcrops. The upland slopes gradually in from the beach through open, old growth forest. This area is a popular picnic spot. The point has been logged and several of the stumps have springboard notches (Figure 12). Further inland toward is a CMT with a scar that is over 2 m above the ground. To the south, at the head of the pocket beach, is a grounded barge. In this area are the various elements of the Xxxxx Cove Sites (KET-670), including the midden and the wood-framed structures.

Alternative G2. The proposed ferry terminal for Alternative G2 on Revillagigedo Island has little archeological potential. However, the ferry landing on Xxxxxxx Island near Xxxxx Point is an area of both known historic and prehistoric sites, and high archeological potential.