Record Details
page B-44
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page B-44 Final environmental statement : authorized Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page B-44 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | B-44 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; among indian and non indian anglers alike with 5000 to 0 6000 15 ooo 000 fisher man days of use annually fish and wildlife service 1975a the reservoir is stocked annually with rainbow trout and has good trout production and growth potential when winter depth has not been severely reduced by a combination of drawdown or irrigation demand and an ill defined leakage problem no severe winter kill of trout was recorded before 1975 despite shallow maximum depths of 12 feet and accompanying oxygen depletions fish and wildlife service 1975a however a complete winter kill occurred in 1977 when the reservoirs maximum depth including ice cover dropped to about 5 12 feet dissolved oxygen measurements indicated that oxygen levels were too low to support trout both moon lake and big sand wash reservoirs are designated as important for their recreational value to the states economy and both have adequate conservation pools to maintain fisheries utah division of wildlife resources 1970 however the fishery in moon lake reservoir is limited by the rapid drawdowns draw downs to serve irrigation demands in the late summer an estimated 13800 fishermen visited moon lake reservoir in 1977 an estimated 8000 fishermen used big sand wash reservoir at moon lake reservoir rainbow trout are stocked annually other fish present are kokanee sokanee salmon brown trout cutthroat trout and an occasional arctic grayling at big sand wash reservoir the primary game species are rainbow and brown trout which are stocked on an annual basis c future conditions without the project without the proposed upalco unit the project areas fisheries would probably remain unchanged over the next 5 to 7 years the need throughout much of the unit area for supplemental irrigation water however almost assures that some small offstream off stream reservoirs would eventually be constructed and additional water diversions would occur incrementally over the long term on both the lake fork and yellowstone rivers if the use of federal funds or lands were sought in these ventures development impacts would have to be assessed as required by the national environmental policy act and as a result a mitigation plan might be developed if future developments were purely private in nature it is doubtful that mitigation of streamflow stream flow changes and their impact on the fishery would be given thorough consideration given existing legislation the high country lake stabilization program would probably not be undertaken the reservoirs would continue to fluctuate limiting the fishery and recreational experience in the uinta mountains 8 vegetation a general there are seven vegetative zones in the upalco unit area with a variety of distinct vegetative communities occurring within most B 44 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3727 |
