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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 165 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 165 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 165 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 IV I 1 AFFECTED FECTED U A environment r invrroxtii I 1 L il rl el atr atw xtr 4 1 A AND A KT D environmental consequences other alternatives the analysis of potential reservoir fisheries with implementation of the fifth water pumped storage and sixth water pumped storage alternatives is complicated by the fact that there are two operating conditions for these alternatives reservoir fluctuation under the projected initial operating condition would not only be less in magnitude than under the maximum condition but would also occur for only a few months of the year As a result fifth water and monks hol low reservoirs under initial operating conditions are expected to have some fish production potential as indicated in table 46 but subject to possible limitations imposed by occasionally low levels of dissolved oxygen as discussed earlier in this chapter under water quality pro duction under maximum operating conditions would be severely limited or nonexistent because of extreme water level fluctuations the increase in trout standing crop in monks hollow reservoir for these alternatives would range from 810 to 857 pounds the reservoir surface area and both maximum and minimum water levels would be the same for these alterna aeterna tives fifth water reservoir under the fifth water pumped storage alternative would also be characterized by rapidly fluctuating water levels but would have higher productivity than monks hollow reservoir the increase in predicted standing crop would range from 1154 to 1272 pounds as a result of this drawdown angler use would range from 4437 to 5916 days per year sixth water and syar reservoirs of the sixth water pumped storage alternative would not support viable fisheries hayes reservoir under the 1964 DPR alternative would function under very similar conditions as monks hollow reservoir in the recommended plan drawdown over the summer would be gradual the increase in pre dicted ducted trout standing crop would range from 1915 pounds at the maximum water level to 760 pounds at the minimum water level angler use would range from 7278 to 2128 days per year sixth water and syar reservoirs would not support viable fisheries wildlife EXISTING conditions the diamond fork area supports a large variety of wildlife which varies in density and diversity according to altitude season and habl tat type biological inventories have been made throughout the project area including all project feature sites these inventories revealed about 45 species of mammals 125 species of birds and 8 species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the project area an additional 39 species of mammals 28 species of birds and 11 species of amphibians and reptiles were listed as possibly occurring because of overlapping ranges but were not observed during the inventories utah division of wildlife resources 1977 15 mule deer are the most numerous and important big game animals in the diamond fork area most are migratory and spend late spring summer and early fall at the higher mountain elevations nonwinter non winter range above 7000 feet in the mountain shrub aspen conifer and mountain meadow 165 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3242 |
