Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 38 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 38 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 38 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 III 111 ili alternatives the release of up to 50 cfs cs into sixth water creek to support a stream fishery if flows are available minimum flows would be provided in the creek below sixth water dam by a release through the dam equivalent to the natural flow up to 50 cf cfs cs s flows in the spanish fork river may need to be altered to satisfy needs of the june sucker monks hollow reservoir would have some fishery potential and would be stocked under management practices developed by the utah division of wildlife resources under current policy this agency provides 50 per cent of the fish stocking for federal reservoirs in the state WILDLIFE MEASURES wildlife measures were cooperatively formulated by an interagency team of biologists representing the bureau of reclamation the fish and wildlife service the forest service and the utah division of wildlife resources the team developed several mitigation options for each broj proj act ect alternative these options include use of private lands national forest lands and combinations of the two each land parcel obtained for mitigation would undergo habitat improvement and would be managed for wildlife the primary objective is to provide in kind same spe cies and in place vicinity of project impacts compensation for project caused resource losses see chapter IV in selecting land parcels and developing mitigation options im provement pro vement of mule deer winter range and riparian streamside habitat types were given top priority because of the high potential for improve ment of these habitat types and the resulting increased benefits to all wildlife species all land parcels evaluated exhibited different levels of wildlife habitat values as well as varying potential for improvement some options therefore required more land to compensate for project impacts than others parcels of land and mitigation options were se lected lecter and prioritized according to their potential for providing added wildlife habitat values under intensive management the interagency biological team has recommended a preferred wild life mitigation option for the recommended sixth water flow through plan the preferred option includes acquisition habitat improvement and intensive wildlife management of about 4000 acres in 10 parcels of private lands in the diamond fork canyon area the lands are under four ownerships and include most of parcels C 2 C 3 C 5 C 6 B D S 1 S 2 S 3 and S 4 as shown on figure 9 the 10 parcels combined have the highest potential for habitat improvement and management for all wildlife species and would therefore provide the greatest and best distribution of compensatory biological values in the diamond fork study area this wildlife option would best meet the mitigation objectives stated above the thistle landslide and its associated impacts have been fully considered in developing this mitigation plan detailed management and habitat improvement plans for the preferred option would be cooperatively formulated for each land parcel and cover type by the bureau of reclamation the fish and wildlife service the forest service and the utah division of wildlife resources the forest service would 38 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3688 |
