Record Details
page 3-63
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-63 Final environmental impact statement on the Provo River Restoration Project, page 3-63 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-63 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; increase in wildlife habitat due to river restoration 1 increase in acreage 2 creation of movement corridors and 3 increase in habitat quality due to protection of land for other uses increase in diversity of native riparian habitats and other riverine wetland types increased disturbance of game and non game species as a result of pedestrian access to the provo river corridor this impact would be reduced through measures adopted via the operating agreement described in section 14.2 142 142 of chapter 1 to protect sensitive habitats 36632.1 366321 366321 game species and th their eir air habitats once the vegetated revegetated re areas are established distribution and activity of game species would resume to baseline levels or higher due to habitat improvement additional wildlife habitat only would be developed on land managed by the federal government not on private property adjacent property owners would experience slightly higher levels of game species activity and wildlife sightings because of the increased wildlife habitat this would probably include increased animal movements across agricultural lands to reach riparian woodland and nonriparian non riparian wetland habitats along the provo river corridor similar to the situation under baseline conditions the access easement area along the provo river corridor would be fenced to exclude livestock grazing this would allow riparian and nonriparian non riparian vegetation to grow and mature which would enhance the quality of wildlife habitat used for forage cover resting or nesting compared to baseline conditions this would be a positive impact of the proposed action the protection enhancement and restoration of the riparian corridor of the provo river would increase the availability of deer fawning sites cover and foraging habitat also by protecting and restoring enough land to form a wide riparian corridor movement of deer along the riparian corridor and movements from the native uplands of reaches 7 to 9 into the entire river corridor would be improved upland game birds such as wild turkey and pheasants use dense riparian understory vegetation for cover therefore through exclusion of livestock grazing and restoration of riparian 3 habitats the proposed action would result in an increase in game habitat once the construction sites are re vegetated and the riparian vegetation has matured and expanded increased pedestrian access would disturb game species especially during june and july during mule deer fawning the recreation analysis see section 3.16 316 316 concluded that angler use of the corridor would increase by 481 percent over baseline even though very few and limited trails would be developed in the riparian zone footpaths foot paths used by anglers along the river between the access points would become established over time other recreationists may use these paths and create additional ones through portions of the riparian zone the degree of disturbance is not quantifiable but is expected to be minor since use would be restricted to foot traffic 36632.2 366322 366322 non game species and their habitats many of the impacts on non game widd wildlife life ilfe and their habitat after construction of the proposed action would be the same as described for game species in section 36632.1 366321 the main temporary impacts include the retreat of wildlife from the construction area and the removal of wildlife habitat by construction with the revegetation and expansion of native riparian forest the longterm long term impacts of the proposed action on non game wildlife would be beneficial because large areas of agricultural land would be converted into protected wildlife habitat and restoration would result in a net gain of native habitats and movement corridors for wildlife the total estimated number of birds lost to rip riparian woodland habitat removal would be 121 4 percent of the estimated baseline population under the proposed action table 328 3 28 As a result of river restoration under the proposed action an estimated total of 2761 birds a 98 percent increase would be gained from the creation of riparian woodland habitat for a net increase of 2640 birds a 94 percent increase based on data from a relatively intact reference site about 91 percent of these birds should be riparian dependent species for definition see wildlife resources technical report additionally as for game species improvements in habitat quality should also be expected due to the shift in land use from livestock grazing and agriculture to protected wildlife habitat two bird species often associated with ecological disturbance and grazing are the brown headed cowbird and 63 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/8284 |
