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page 3-114
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-114 Final environmental impact statement on the Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel Replacement Project, page 3-114 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-114 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; comment letter no 19 karen ricks wasatch county water efficiency project and daniel replacement project DEIS 10 19.58 1958 cont cent 19.59 1959 19.60 1960 19.61 1961 19.62 1962 19.63 1963 19.64 1964 19.65 1965 cont page 10 of addition providing restored flows in the upper strawberry river basin does not necessarily provide more habitat for amphibians particularly for spotted frog as indicated in the DEIS W 392 3 92 356411 35641.1 356411 356411356421 35641135642.1 356421 35642.1 356421 and 3 356431 35643.1 356431 56a 31 these ilese three sections refer back to section 3563 356.3 3563 356311 35631.1 1 1 which we feel does not adequately address impacts to aquatic resourc resources resource es W 395 3 95 right col ist para the first complete sentence is not a correct statement on turkey pheasant and quail distribution in upper strawberry valley theyre not there W 397 3 97 left col last bullet we recommend the use of raptor safe power poles to eliminate or minimize the loss of birds by electrocution this comment also applies to section 36632.2 366322 366322 W 3101 3 101 A reduction in instream in stream flows by the proposed alternative in the provo river between jordanelle Jor danelle and deer creek may impact thenatural the natural ponds and wetlands thatexist that exist along the river W 3102 3 102 left col last sentence 37.5 375 375 jordanelle Jor danelle river should be jordanelle Jor danelle dam W 3105 3 105 left col 3rd ard para 375.5 3755 3755 the DEIS now states that past rotenone projects in strawberry valley killed the spotted frogs the UDWR contracted peter hovingh to survey the ard arn amphibian hibian bibian population on strawberry valley before the rotenone project of 1991 199 iggi 1 he found no ranid species in the valley his paper amphibian and wetland survey and analysis of the strawberry river drainage in wasatch county utah dec 12 1988 summarizes his survey and analyzes the effects of rotenone on amphibians he concluded that use of rotenone in this drainage during august through october will not permanently affect the population of amphibians the 1987 EA for the strawberry reservoir treatment project stated the ibe western spotted frog crmapretios rana pretiosa preciosa pret iosa losa lis ads ais wis considered rare in utah and its status in strawberry valley has not been documented other supporting papers include hovingh P 1987 investigations of great basin springs and wettandsfor wetlandsor werland wetland sor leeches molluscs mollusks moll uscs and amphibians proc bonneville Bor meville chapter of ofamen ofamer amer fish soc annual meeting pages 2740 27 40 and turner FD 1962 an analysis of geographic variation and distribution of rana preciosa pretiosa pret iosa am phil soc yearbook 1962 325328 325 328 spotted frogs are not nativeto nati native veto voto to the colorado river basin we recommend writing rewriting re the paragraph and just stating that there is a lack of historical S sightings ight ings of spotted frog in ihi the strawberry river basin we had commented that wording in the PDEIS implied that spotted frogs are automatically found in the strawberry river basin because of elevation W 3106 3 106 section 3763.5 37635 37635 the DEIS indicates due to lack of historic sightings there would be no impact on spotted frog in the heber valley wetlands if these have been previously occupied or are potential reintroduction sites loss of these wetlands could further hinder reco recovery viry of the spotted frog A net increase of wetlands in the upper strawberry river drainage does not offset the loss of vital and potential spotted frog habitat in the heber 3114 3 114 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/4040 |
