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Show ( a) Starvation Feeder Canal The original plan included two open canal sections having a combined length of about 2.5 miles. However, this plan was modified and the entire feeder canal was enclosed in pipeline and tunnel. ( b) Wasatch Aqueduct Under the proposed plan there would be 9- 5 miles of open, earth- lined canal of sufficient width and depth to interfere with animal movement and sometimes cause the drowning of deer falling into the canal. The exact number and location of the crossings would be determined cooperatively with State biologists at a later date. ( c) Mona- Nephi Canal Under the proposed plan 23.8 miles of open, unlined, and earth- lined canal would be constructed. Particular attention would be given to the initial 1.5 miles of canal. Both deer and elk utilize this location. ( d) Nephi- Sevier Canal A total of 26.6 miles of open, unlined, and earth- lined canal would be built under the proposed plan. Because this canal was only recently added to the plan, the barrier effect of the canal on deer and elk has not yet been evaluated. Those crossings deemed necessary would be incorporated into the plan. ( k) Under the proposed plan about 8 continuous miles of big game- proof fence would be installed south and east of both the Wasatch Aqueduct and the High Line Canal from Payson Canyon to a point east of U. S. Highway 91 and. 0.8 miles north of the Juab- Utah County Line. The fence would be continued northeastward for a distance of about 0.5 miles on the north and west side of the Wasatch Aqueduct. Additional fencing would be incorporated into the plan to cover needs of the presently unevaluated Nephi- Sevier Canal. The fencing would be expected to prevent both animal losses in the canals and entry of deer and elk onto private lands- a situation conducive to big game depradations. The fencing would be installed by the Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with the State Division of Wildlife Resources. Funding would be under Section 8 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act. ( 5) The Ute Indian Tribe would be reimbursed for any damage or loss to wildlife resources that would occur during construction of the Bonneville Unit whenever such loss was sustained on Indian lands. 451 |
