Record Details
page 472
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 472 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 472 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 472 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; under the proposed plan the recreational fishing capacity of utah lake would be reduced 17 17000 000 ooo man days per year this loss would amount to about 11 percent of the existing angling potential of the lake A much more serious adverse impact is possible but if this problem occurred it would not be caused by the bonneville unit the present water users own water rights that if totally exercised could draw the lake down to 12 feet below compromise level such drawdowns draw downs would leave a maximum of 2 feet of water in the lake and would severely affect or eliminate fish populations maximum Maxim lun trn lua draw downs would occur very infrequently and only during droughts and would not likely be required under existing water use conditions since 1930 the 12 foot drawdown has occurred only once 19350 1935 1935o the bureau of sport fisheries and wildlife has indicated that such a maximum drawdown would cause an additional loss of 110000 man days 1 of fishing the bonneville unit would cause an annual loss of 149700 man days of angling of which 118300 man days of loss would take place in the uinta basin this loss would represent about 39 percent of the existing fishing potential for the streams under consideration table C 25 relates fishing as it would be affected by the bonneville unit to the statewide situation stream strewn scream fishing in utah under unit conditions would experience about a 20 percent decline lake and reservoir fishing on the other hand would realize an approximate 27 percent increase besides stream fishing losses the bonneville unit would also have some adverse effects on other types of stream oriented recreation at present these recreational uses have not been well identified and hence remain unquantified unquantil nied lied however the losses would be concerned with reduction in the opportunities to enjoy sightseeing canoeing nature education and appreciation photography and other related amenities under the proposed plan mule deer hunting in those locations directly influenced by the bonneville unit would be reduced from 77600 to 76700 man days annually a reduction of about 1 percent refer to table C 26 there would be an annual loss of 350 man days of sage grouse hunting this loss could be of special significance since according to the bureau of sport fisheries and wildlife evaluation 1 1 it represents the total hunting potential for this species in the strawberry valley the biota study carried out by the center for health and environmental studies brigham young univitydisagreed universitydisagreed University disagreed with this view 66 under bonneville unit conditions there would be an unmitigated waterfowl hunting loss of 18000 man days annually of this amount 17000 man days would be associated with the bonneville basin specifically specific aily ally goshen bay provo bay and benjamin slough the 1000 472 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/6646 |
