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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 1-2 Final environmental impact statement on the Provo River Restoration Project, page 1-2 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 1-2 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; a total of ten streams rock creek south fork rock creek hades creek twin creek wolf creek west fork duchesne river currant creek water hollow creek layout creek and strawberry river six streams are completely dewatered watered dewaterer de by SACS and stream flows are reduced on the four rem remaining impacted streams several miles of streams were inundated by construction of upper stillwater dam currant creek dam and enlargement of strawberry reservoir construction and operation of these CUP features caused extensive impacts to aquatic resources the US fish and wildlife service developed a plan to mitigate for those impacts in cooperation with other state federal and local entities the 1988 aquatic mitigation plan for the strawberry aqueduct and collection system FWS 1988 provided specific recommendations for fish habitat improvement measures on 119 miles of streams including the 10 mile reach of the provo river between jordanelle Jor danelle dam and deer creek reservoir these improvements were to be made only on streams with public access and where activities or forces that have destabilized streambanks stream banks and limited fish habitat have been controlled the baseline conditions see section 1.3 13 and section 1.4 14 14 for the provo river partially satisfy these conditions by including the acquisition of public angler access to and along the river and by providing minimum instream in stream flows of 125 cfs cs prior to baseline reaches of the provo river had been de watered during the irrigation season which eliminated fish habitat during those times A plan to implement fish habitat improvements also was developed the instream In stream structures alternative in this EIS but this plan was never implemented nor was it analyzed under the national environmental policy act NEPA the municipal and industrial system consists of jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir the jordan aqueduct which delivers water from the lower provo river at olmstead Ohn stead diversion to salt lake county for municipal uses and the alpine aqueduct which diverts water from the same location for municipal uses in utah county construction of jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir inundated several miles of the provo river including 630 acres of riparian habitat the US bureau of reclamation which constructed jordanelle Jor danelle dam committed to maintain a continuous minimum instream in stream flow in the provo river between jordanelle Jor danelle dam and deer creek reservoir as a mitigation measure for impacts of the 1 project see section 1.3 13 13 the consolidated wildlife mitigation plan for the strawberry aqueduct and collection system municipal and industrial system and diamond fork system of the bonneville unit FWS 1987 identified a comprehensive mitigation program for terrestrial impacts of the bonneville unit including riparian habitats riparian losses of the municipal and industrial system were 630 acres to date only 402 acres have been mitigated through off site compensation on the strawberry river below soldier creek dam and on rock creek near the US forest service boundary riparian losses of 228 acres remain to be mitigated for the municipal and industrial system prior to passage of CUPCA mitigation measures implemented to partially satisfy the outstanding mitigation measures discussed above have included angler access and stream habitat improvement projects on numerous streams in the bonneville unit area including rock creek south fork rock creek north fork duchesne river west fork duchesne river duchesne river main stem strawberry river upstream of strawberry reservoir strawberry river between strawberry reservoir and starvation reservoir and strawberry river downstream of starvation reservoir currant creek and diamond fork creek the PRRP is also being undertaken pursuant to the general authority of the secretary of the interior to manage and correct the problems arising from any reclamation project constructed and operated under his purview the provo river project authorized by congress in the national industrial recovery act of 1933 and specifically the provo river channel revision component of the project initiated in the 1950s has damaged public fish wildlife and recreation resources of the provo river between the outlet of the duchesne tunnel and deer creek dam prior to initiation of construction of the provo river project in the 1940s no fish and wildlife coordination act report was prepared and no systematic evaluation of the anticipated environmental impacts were completed thus no mitigation obligations were attached to the project the secretary of the interior as a joint lead agency in the preparation of the PRRP plan and environmental impact statement has determined that 1 the provo river project has damaged the aquatic and riparian habitat along the provo river 2 the provo river project has an obligation to mitigate the environmental impacts it has caused and 3 the PRRP is ideally planned and located to 2 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/8500 |
