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Show Canal alinement consists of irrigated farm land for the first mile, then a medium to heavy stand of cedar and juniper along with sagebrush for the remaining 10 miles, ( b) Beneficial Impacts Present plans for the design and location of features of Ute Indian Unit are still in the formative stage and subject to recommendations of the Ute Indian Tribe, the State of Utah and other Federal agencies. Assessment of impacts, both beneficial and adverse are general and incomplete. Future planning could change the scope, size, and location of features. Mitigation potential has not been evaluated. All beneficial impacts from irrigation of the 19,840 acres of Group 5 Indian lands would occur in the Uinta Basin. The water supply would increase agricultural production and associated values for Indian lands. Opportunities for the members of the Ute Indian Tribe to engage in farming activities and to become self- , sustaining would increase. ( c) Adverse Impacts Adverse impacts would occur throughout the Unit area from inundation of 590 acres of presently irrigated cultivated or pasture land; 410 acres of prime forest land, sustaining deer and other wildlife during the summer season; and 165 acres of hillside rangeland. The hillside rangeland supports native grass, sagebrush, juniper, and pinion which is of marginal value by livestock users but which provides winter range for deer and other wildlife. Also inundated would be four farmstead sites. Approximately 0.4 mile of stream habitat would be lost at Whiterocks Reservoir enlargement. Altonah Reservoir would have extreme annual fluctuations and would not be a good fishery reservoir. Borrow excavation for Altonah and Whiterocks Dams, aggregating 3,800,000 cubic yards of material, would cause 270 acres of land to be disrupted. Where possible the borrow areas would be located in the reservoir basins and later be inundated. Vegetation from borrow areas located outside the reservoir basin would be lost at least temporarily. The proposed pervious borrow on Altonah Dam would come from a flat 439 |
