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Chapter 5 – Environmental Consequences• Implement a Training Area Recovery Plan. This would ensure sustainability of training areas.• Implement the Range and Training Land Development Plan, ITAM Work Plan, EnvironmentalManagement Systems, the INRMP, Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, ecosystemmanagement program, and sustainable range program.• Conduct a detailed study to assess the impacts of recreational vehicles on USARAK lands. Thiswould support USARAK’s long-term recreational management plans.• Build kiosks at all primary entrances to recreational areas on USARAK lands and provide visitorsmaps and information geared towards that area. Information kiosks can assist users to quicklyidentify areas designated for recreational use, as well as the times and locations of militaryactivities.• Monitor recreational impacts on stocked lakes and streams, and upgrade access and recreationalopportunities when needed. Improved monitoring of and access to stocked lakes would allowUSARAK and ADFG to better manage the stocked lakes program on Army lands.• Fully fund conservation officers to enforce state and federal game laws and military rules andrestrictions.5.3.7 Traffic and TransportationTable 5-25 summarizes the potential impacts to traffic and transportation resources underimplementation of Alternative B. The 2/25 th SBCT would be stationed at FRA and would convoy toDTA for some training exercises. Traffic would increase from additional Soldiers and their familiesrelocating to FRA, from convoys traveling from FRA to DTA for training exercises, and fromconstruction activities. Mitigation would be implemented to minimize impacts as summarized in thefollowing subsections.Table 5-25Summary of Potential Traffic and Transportation Impacts fromAlternative BLocationActivity Group Fort Richardson Donnelly Training AreaImpacts from Cantonment Construction ☼ N/AImpacts from Range Construction ☼ N/AImpacts from Live-Fire Training ☼ ☼Impacts from Maneuver Training ☼ ☼ = Significant + = Beneficial Impact = Significant but mitigable to less than significant N/A = Not Applicable☼ = Less than Significant = No Impact5.3.7.1 Impacts from Cantonment ConstructionLess Than Significant ImpactsConstruction Traffic. The proposed cantonment construction at FRA would generate additional trafficfrom worker vehicles and trucks. Minor changes in traffic volumes adjacent to the individual projectsat FRA may occur because of changed traffic patterns. However, these traffic changes wouldFebruary 2008 5-92 2/25th SBCT Final EIS