Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 14 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 14 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 14 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 I 1 introduction dominated by juniper sagebrush and oakbrush oak brush have been converted to grassland for livestock grazing trout fisheries occur in fifth and sixth water creeks and in diamond fork fifth water creek supports mainly a small cutthroat trout fishery limited mainly by the poor quality and small size of the stream sixth water creek and diamond fork provide important fisheries during the non irrigation season when natural flows are present cutthroat trout are native to these streams and brown trout stocked in the past are now self sustaining large cutthroat trout commonly enter sixth water creek through strawberry tunnel wildlife in the project area consists of big game species preda tors furbearers fur bearers upland game birds small birds raptores raptors rap tors small mammals amphibians and reptiles mule deer are the most numerous and important big game animal in the area elk occur throughout the area but are not as common as the deer several farms and ranches in the lower diamond fork area have tem horary porary residents in the summer but the project area has no permanent residents commercial activity and industry are nonexistent recreation is a major activity in the area because of the proximity 20 miles of the provo metropolitan area popular activities include camping pic nicking fishing hunting and horseback riding the principal road in the area is in diamond fork canyon this road extends from US 6 89 at the mouth of the canyon northeast along diamond fork the road is paved for about 15 miles and then becomes an improved dirt road about 5 miles north of three forks an unimproved road ex tends to the east paralleling sixth water creek for several miles and connecting with strawberry reservoir A second unimproved road extends south from about the point where the first begins to parallel sixth water creek to rays valley where it joins a newly constructed road extending from the valley to US 6 in spanish fork canyon at the mouth of sheep creek see chapter III 111 111 lii ill ili recommended plan project facilities and meas ures roads sheep creek is a tributary of the spanish fork river and joins the river about 12 miles above the mouth of diamond fork US 689 6 89 is the only major route providing access to the project area in the spring of 1983 a large landslide occurred along the spanish fork river about 2 miles upstream from the mouth of diamond fork near the town of thistle the slide blocked US highway 6 89 the river and a main east west railroad line in the canyon A temporary reservoir created by the slide destroyed the town of thistle and caused extensive damage to roads the railroad and other structures in the reservoir area although the slide did not directly affect diamond fork canyon reconstruction of US highway 6 89 and the railroad have altered the landscape considerably at the mouth of the canyon 14 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3296 |
