Record Details
page 3.6-2
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3.6-2 Finding of No Significant Impact Lake Fork Section 203 Alternative : Proposed Action, page 3.6-2 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3.6-2 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; TABLE 3.61 361 36 1 acreage of affected cover types for big sand wash dam and reservoir expansion for the proposed action lake fork section 203 revised section 203 alternative and twin pots section 203 alternative covertype cover type acres permanently impacted acres temporarily impacted forest riparian shrub riparian emergent wetland wet meadow open water beaverpond beaver pond irrigated sagebrushgrass Sagebrush grass juniper bare ground russian olive 0 20 7 4 0 0 11 309 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 7 0 total 395 34 notes cover type area was calculated to the nearest 0.1 01 ol oi acre by the geographic information system all numbers were raised to the next whole number on this table big game distribution in the vicinity of big sand wash dam and reservoir was determined through the use of aerial surveys during two winters the big sand wash reservoir enlargement site is classified by the utah division of wildlife resources wildlife resources as high value yearlong year long range for mule deer odocoileus hemionus deer were observed most frequently in juniper and sagebrushgrass sagebrush grass coyer cover cover types in the area during both winters smaller numbers of deer also were seen near the reservoir during spring greenup green up surveys the proposed big sand wash reservoir enlargement area does not contain lands classified as sage grouse centrocercus Centro cercus urophasianus nrophasianus phasianus uro habitat no elk were located during aerial surveys although some elk are present in the general area and are managed to keep numbers within tolerable limits because of crop and pasture damage they are capable of causing As part of this management these elk provide good hunting opportunities on a landowner pen permission nission cission basis raptor observations near big sand wash reservoir included a winter sighting of a rough legged hawk buteo buteo lagopus a red tailed hawk buteo buteo jamaicensis and a northern harrier circus cyane cyanens cyaneits cy aneus anens its other raptor species expected in the reservoir area include short eared owl asioflammeus asioflammeiis american kestrel falco spar sparverius sparverms sparver verlus verius ms golden eagle aquila chnjsaetos chnsaetos bam barn bab owl tyto alba screech owl oens otus ofus otns offis kennicottii kennicottiz kennicott kenni cottiz ii and during migration and winter sharp shinned chinned and coopers hawks accipiter stri striatum striatns striatus atus afus and A cooperii respectively 3631.3 36313 36313 river corridors river corridors or floodplains flood plains support extensive wetland and riparian communities intermixed with uplands big game use of river corridors varies 362 36 2 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12129 |
