Record Details
page 275
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 275 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville, Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah : Appendix A Review Comments, page 275 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 275 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; leslie allen alien atlen jones page 17 whiterocks river from chapeta reservoir at the head of whiterocks river to the west fork about 4 miles by river through open high mountain meadows and then about 3 miles through a partly boxed canyon with conifer and andaspen aspen in a well chan nelized course with very excellent scenery is abotmay an A semi continuous 2 3 4 5 kayak run season and flow from about may 17th at 75 cfs cs to about august loth at 75 cfs cs 2 34 months with a maximum of about 240 cfs cs near may 27th best flow is about 150 cfs cs channel jams watch for several fallen trees 75 analyzed must walk out to graded gravel road 2 miles up west fork which goes in to chapeta dam character since there is no trail trait trall along it it rates being a wilderness river CUP impact will wilt not now affect it but its UIU in the future would nearly eliminate this run whiterocks white Hhite rocks river from west fork at graded gravel road bridge 2 miles by river to mouth and then 7 12 112 miles through a narrow conifer and aspen filled canyon witha well channelized river although there are about ten or so s small smail 1 islands to the beginninq beginmncj beginning of the gravel road in the lower tower can canyon n is an A continuous 3 at 4t 4 5 6 7 kayak run with severia several P Ps S season and flow from about may 16th at 85 cfs cs to about september 15th at 85 cfs cs 4 months with a maximum flow of about 450 cfs cs near may 27th above paradise reservoir fork and about 620 cfs cs near may 27th below best flows about 175 cfs cs channel jams watch hatch for several fallen trees log jams and small falls of over five feet vertical 50 analyzed character wilderness river with not even a trail along it it is an absolute gem CUP impact will not now affect this run but its UIU would nearly eliminate it whiterocks river from the beginning of the gravel road to the first diversion dam or canal about 4 miles by river through conifers with some aspen and tonwoods couonwooas ton woods and ana brush at the lower end along a well channel channelized ized iced river is a 6 B continuous 3 4 5 6 7 8 kayak run for experts but notof lotof not of exceeding difficulty season and flow from about may l6th 16th lath at 120 cfs cs near may27th may 27th best flow is about 200 cfs cs channel jams watch for several fallen trees 80 analyzed character wild river CUP impact reservoir may shorten length 50 and UIU may shorten season 50 summary whiterocks river whiterocks river provides about 18 12 miles by river of of kayak runs with seasons from about may 16th through about september loth the three runs are worthy of consideration as members of a wilderness and wild rivers system final development needed for sport boating would amount to a little channel clearing and maintenance and the proudction of 4 12 inches to a mile land form river maps whiterocks river is clear dear mear and quite clean of pollution although cattle dmd jmd and sheep are pastured in the high country that drains into the river only in very high waterdoes wat oater water erdoes does it carry a little silt and turn slightly murky see notes above for CUP and its UIU 211 275 75 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5678 |
