Record Details
page 3-93
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-93 Final environmental impact statement on the Provo River Restoration Project, page 3-93 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-93 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; accustomed to the smaller more rural and more homogeneous community of the past growth has created a perception that the quality of life and community wellbeing well being is diminishing in heber valley other heber valley residents value change that assures economic wellbeing well being for generations to come this group tends to accept some loss of small town character in exchange for economic development local residents as a whole value personal privacy and are protective of their property value recreationists and conservationists whether living in wasatch county or elsewhere are well represented by both individuals and formal interest groups that are actively involved in water and environmental issues that concern the county they generally support measures that promote the efficient use of and long iong longterm tenn term protection of natural resources and some are very interested in enhancing environmental conditions and recreational opportunities in the impact area of influence 31258.2 312582 312582 community wellbeing well being changes in indicators of wasatch county community wellbeing well being are mixed based on data over the past decade per capita personal income has grown in real terms but has remained below the state average bureau of economic and business research 1993 and 1995 at the same time the percentage of families below the poverty line has remained steady or declined slightly US bureau of the census 1983a and 1994a the percentage of wasatch county residents who have completed high school increased by about 7 percent a slightly higher rate of improvement than throughout the state nevertheless educational attainment in wasatch county is still somewhat below the state as a whole bureau of the census 1983b and 1994b change in the countys countes coun tys crime rate a key factor in public perception of community wellbeing well being has been relatively favorable over the past decade rem remaining the same or declining slightly while the crime rate rose statewide bureau of the census 1983c and 1994c 31259 51259 5125.9 3125.9 31259 growth inducing forces to the casual observer heber valley is a rural community with a relatively homogeneous culture set amid picturesque farmlands and mountains however two decades or more of change have established trends that are transforming the 393 39 3 9 economy demography and social character of wasatch county these changes have been precipitated both internally and by its dynamic neighbors salt lake county utah county summit county and people moving to heber valley from other states the driving forces behind growth in wasatch county and heber valley are population and employment growth in the state on the wasatch front and in summit county good road access to jobs on the wasatch front and summit county plus the prospect for improved road access has encouraged in migration other attractive features of wasatch county and heber valley are the metropolitan nonmetropolitan non quality of life opportunity for outdoor recreation a lower cost of living including housing than in the states metropolitan areas growth accommodating land use policies and adequate public facilities and services these features attract retirees reti rees seasonal and second home owners and working households growth inducing forces have caused unprecedented housing development in wasatch county according to data from the bureau of economic and business research at the university of utah 249 permits for new single family dwelling units were issued in 1994 compared to an average of 60 per year from 1980 to 1989 and an average of 128 per year from 1990 to 1994 bureau of economic and business research 1990 1993 and 1995 county planning officials foresee as many as 5800 new single family dwelling units will be built in wasatch county in the next 20 years an average of 290 per year noffsinger 1995 the types of agricultural land uses along the provo river project area in heber valley are defined in section 3.11 311 the remainder of this section provides additional information about the concerns of farmers and land owners along the provo river as collected during a study for USBR and udp&r bear west 1993 the results of a survey in wasatch county related to development of new recreation opportunities also are described most farmers fan ners property owners and local residents along the provo river are generally satisfied with the provo river as it exists today because high flows are controlled the channel is stable and the channelized river efficiently delivers irrigation water to diversions although farmers and local residents have had conflicts with people trespassing tres passing making noise noise littering and causing other problems along the river they have generally allowed river access to |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/8195 |
