Record Details
page 3-102
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-102 Diamond Fork System Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement, page 3-102 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-102 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; special status species 3751 375.1 3751 threatened and endangered species 3751.1 37511 ute ladies tresses listed in 1992 ute ladies ladles tresses ULT are a perennial orchid found along riparian edges gravel bars old oxbows and moist to wet meadows along perennial freshwater streams and springs at elevations ranging from approximately 4300 to 7000 feet FWS 1992b stone 1993 it is an early successional species that is well adapted to colonizing banks and low floodplains flood plains along alluvial streams where scouring and sediment deposition are natural processes it has also been found in irrigated and sub irrigated pastures that are mowed or moderately grazed in general the orchid occurs in relatively open grass and forb dominated habitats and seems intolerant of dense shade the plants bloom from late july through august sometimes september setting seed in the early fall FWS 1992 A colony is defined as any location where flowering plants have been found in a similarly delineated habitat on that geomorphic surface therefore a colony may be comprised of one or more individuals on a sandbar sandbag large or small or on a large flood plain delineated by topographical changes in slope or elevation 37511.1 375111 sixth water wafer mater creek A survey during the flowering season of 1998 from sixth water aqueduct to three forks determined that the entire reach has low potential for ULT habitat no ULTs were found 375112 37511.2 375132 37513.2 375112 375133 diamond fork creek surveys were conducted in the area of the proposed diamond fork siphon down to three forks in february and march of 1997 black 1998 and again during the flowering season of 1998 diamond fork creek from three forks to the confluence with spanish fork river was surveyed during the flowering seasons of 19921993 1992 1993 19941997 1994 1997 and 1998 these included the areas of diamond fork creek at the diamond fork creek outlet about 0.5 05 05 miles downstream from red hollow and at the spanish fork river outlet low potential exists for ULT habitat none were identified along diamond fork creek upstream from three forks and at the proposed diamond fork creek outlet site the known range of ULT distribution along diamond fork creek spans from just below three forks to the confluence with the spanish fork river approximately 11 river miles two small isolated ULT colonies have been identified less than vz 12mile mile mlle downstream from three forks other than these two isolated colonies most are found in a 5 mile mlle reach between 4.5 45 45 and 9.5 95 95 stream miles downstream from three forks table 337 3 37 37511.3 375113 red hollow creek A survey conducted during the flowering season of 1997 along red hollow creek 3.5 35 35 miles above the confluence with diamond fork creek down to diamond fork creek determined that the entire reach has low potential for ULT habitat specifically there is low potential where the red hollow pipeline is proposed to cross red hollow creek no ULT LILT were identified in these areas 37511.4 375114 375114 spanish fork river ten colonies have been identified on the spanish fork river from the confluence with diamond fork creek to the gaging station at cold springs three each less than five individuals were at or just downstream from the confluence five are in the shurtz canyon vicinity with at least one colony sustained with secondary hydrological support via seepage from a storage pond the lower two colonies located in or around an old oxbow immediately upstream of the cold springs gaging station are suspected of being supported by secondary hydrologic support the number of flowering individuals in spanish fork and diamond fork canyons varies within a specific colony and new habitat has been colonized or new colonies identified year to year see table 338 3 38 diamond fork system FSFEIS FS FEIS 3102 3 102 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/9759 |
