Record Details
page C-74
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page C-74 Final environmental statement : authorized Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page C-74 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | C-74 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; percent in addition to changes in the upper basin changes occur on about 37500 acres of land in the bonneville basin and rio grande basin as a result of CRSP developments all of the habitat changes are not a total loss to wildlife since most key habitat has been converted to reservoirs and irrigated cropland which have value to a variety of waterfowl small game and nongame species although the changes in the basin appear small in relation to the total habitat they have significant impacts in local areas of individual projects and are one of the many man caused factors placing pressure on wildlife in the basin A summary of the habitat changes is given in table C 27 in addition to the habitat changes tabulated adverse impacts on wi wildlife idlife midlife result from construction of such facilities as canals powerlines pow erlines recreation areas and access roads in addition some reservoirs such as flaming gorge have indirectly affected key habitat by interfering with historic big game migration routes irrigation projects have also probably adversely affected wildlife by necessitating localized control measures because of crop depredation problems on newly irrigated cropland on the other hand livestock grazing has been controlled within rights of way for some reservoirs to the benefit of wildlife losses of riparian shrub habitat amounting to about 5800 acres are especially significant to local project areas because of the relative scarcity of such vegetation and its importance to a diversity of species mule deer and to alesser ablesser extent elk use these areas for food and cover other wildlife groups which are more dependent on this vegetative type and which have been adversely affected by its loss are furbearers bearers fur nongame birds small mammals and birds of prey at glen canyon for example the narrow band of riparian habitat inundated probably represented the most critical habitat in this desert environment and should be recognized as a locally significant loss the losses of approximately 2400 acres of subalpine montane forest habitat have probably not been significant because of the small acreages involved with individual projects such lands however are important to deer and elk for food cover and fawning and calving areas some of the most significant impacts would be related to the loss of approximately 187000 acres of brushlands brush lands and pinyon juniper woodlands in the basin in much of the basin these areas are winter range for deer and elk some of these areas also provide key habitat for antelope and sage grouse cottontail rabbits and numerous nongame species also utilize this habitat in terms of key habitat available this acreage loss does not appear significant basinwide basin wide but this habitat type often includes crucial areas for individual herds or groups of animals most of the grassland lost approximately 153000 acres was in glen canyon much of this land would be considered desert and C 74 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3218 |
