Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 72 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 72 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 72 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; environment AND CHAPTER 111 III lii AFFECTED environmental consequences strawberry reservoir strawberry reservoir has long been one of the best atwater flatwater fl fisheries in the state of utah the reservoir is a class I 1 fishery as classified by the utah division of wildlife resources UDWR and currently provides about 250000 angler days of use each year the reservoir has also been the primary source of eggs for native cutthroat trout used in fish hatcheries in the state UDWR annually stocks over 1 million cutthroat rainbow and brook trout in the reservoir strawberry reservoir enlarged as a result of the construction of soldier creek dam and the breaching of strawberry dam has considerably more potential for supplying high quality family oriented fishing the UDWR has annually stocked 300000 rainbow trout in the soldier creek arm of the reservoir for the past several years As presented in the 1973 bonneville unit FES the ell eli eil enlarged arged strawberry reservoir will increase in maximum surface area from 8400 acres to 17120 acres recreation facilities have been constructed and lands within the reservoir management boundary have been converted from private to public forest service management this has provided for greater public accessibility the resulting angler use is estimated to increase from 206700 angler days under historical conditions to an annual average of 252500 angler days table 27 resulting in an annual increase of over 22 percent the UDWR management objective for the strawberry reservoir fishery is to provide a family recreational fishery by maintaining a minimum of about 50000 250000 angler days annually with a catch rate of 0.4 04 04 fishhour fish hour the desired game fish is about 12 inches in length and weighs about two thirds of a pound the following fish species inhabit the reservoir rainbow trout abundant cutthroat trout abundant brook trout common mountain sucker scarce utah sucker abundant speckled dace common longnose lon gnose dace scarce fathead minnow scarce utah chub increasingly abundant leatherside leather ieather side chub scarce sculpin scarce redside bedside shiner abundant of particular importance are the increasing populations of utah chub and utah sucker which are effective competitors with trout by using the food supply and habitat preferred by trout large numbers of chubs have resulted in a deterioration of the trout fishery the very large chub and sucker population in strawberry reservoir has caused a decline of angling success and pressure despite increased fish stocking this trend is expected to continue with angler usa projected to decline to about 100000 days annually if no remedial action is taken an interagency team which includes the bureau of reclamation the utah division of ofwildlife wildlife resources the fish and wildlife 72 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12757 |
