Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 93 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 93 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 93 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; CHAPTER 111 III lii alternatives the options not recommended for each alternative would provide a more uneven distribution of wildlife mitigation values than the recom recom7 mecom mended options because they are slanted more toward compensation for individual species if one of these options were selected the acquisition habitat improvement and management criteria would be implemented as discussed for the recommended options the result however would be a lesser degree of mitigation than recommended for each alternative in most cases the private land options provide the best potential for habitat improvement and the resulting increase in wildlife popula tion this is the result of a more diverse cover type selection and the present single use primarily livestock grazing management while forest service lands are less diverse in cover types and are managed under a multiple use concept with wildlife already receiving some management consideration the forest service does not favor the use of forest lands specifi specify cally for wildlife mitigation because of its legislative mandate for multiple use management also changing management emphasis to the single purpose of wildlife benefits would result in added and significant social and economic impacts to both current and future forest users beyond direct impacts of the diamond fork power system features for example livestock grazing would have to be reduced about 50 percent on any f orest forest lands set aside f for or wildlife wildlif e in order to meet the specif specia specified led mitigation objectives additionally this type of management change would create substantial administrative and financial difficulties for the forest service in adjusting present and proposed management plans and would require a ref reformulation ormulation formulation ormula tion of the draft management plan for the uinta national forest which has received considerable public review and input acquisition of the recommended or alternative wildlife lands in the diamond fork area may not be attainable under perpetual easement fee title or other methods because of incompatibility with current or future administrative policies if this situation exists then lands outside of the project area may be considered for wildlife mitigation this may include acquisition of lands in the spanish fork canyon area which have been identified as having potential mitigation value by the utah division of wildlife resources another possibility would be to attribute wildlife mitigation values for the diamond fork power system to excess lands which have already been acquired for wildlife purposes in the currant creek greek and strawberry river drainages if any of these alternatives are considered reclamation would fully coordinate the details and evalua evalda tions eions with all cooperating agencies additional NEPA compliance and public involvement would be accomplished as needed comparative analysis of recommended plan and alternatives basis for impact analysis to provide a meaningful evaluation of the five power system alter natives impacts expected to result from each have been compared to 93 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/2831 |
