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Show The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife estimates that angling use of the lakes would improve about 50 percent and that they would support about 95,800 man- days of fishing each year. The Forest Service would administer the recreational development and use of these lakes and plans to build 356 family campground units adjacent to them. The campground development would be of the primitive type. The National Park Service predicts that the recreational aspects of the reservoirs would be of State significance and with initial Forest Service development, visitations would approximate 100,000 annually. Rehabilitation of the reservoirs would cause some short- term adverse impacts on the plant and animal life of the immediate areas around each impoundment. In addition, the improved recreation facilities and potential would lead to increased utilization of the area and some degradation of the existing primitive and largely undisturbed environment. Careful coordination with the Forest Service would be maintained to ensure that serious environmental degradation would not occur during construction. Lampton Reservoir The environmental impacts of the construction and operation of this feature would be evaluated and discussed in the detailed environmental statement that would be prepared prior to construction. However, some general assessments have been made and are discussed below. The reservoir would inundate about 1,800 acres of land along the Jordan River. ( See Figures A- 34 and A- 35.) These lands are now largely under cultivation or extensively used for grazing. There would be losses of upland game bird and waterfowl habitat along the river as well as habitat for non- game birds and animals. New waterfowl habitat would be created around the perimeter of the reservoir. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife has been requested to evaluate the expected impacts of this feature on the fish and wildlife resource in cooperation with the State Division of Wildlife Resources. However, the assessment has not yet been completed pending finalization of design and location plans. The inundation of about 7.7 miles of the Jordan River, classified as Class III, and about 2 miles of tributary stream would eliminate stream productivity in the affected portions. Stream flows in about 29 miles of Class V water of the Jordan River would also be affected. Streamside marsh habitats would be replaced by a fluctuating shoreline. 243 |
