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Show Chapter 3 Watershed Jurisdiction and Ownership encroachment, vegetation encroachment, changes in hydrologic geometry, and channel capacity. The channel maintenance program will establish a regime of flow requirements representing the rising and falling limb of the natural stream hydrography from base flow to bank full in the spring and again from bank full to base flow after peak flows occur. Flows necessary to maintain channel capacity have been quantified for Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, Millcreek, Red Butte, and Lambs Canyons, and have been filed as part of the Utah Lake- Jordan River water rights adjudication. An update of the Forest Service Plan is in progress. 2. Coordination with Salt Lake City Under the provisions of federal statutes and regulations, the Forest Service plays a special role in the management of Salt Lake City's municipal watersheds. In order to protect the water supplies for Salt Lake City, the Forest Service has entered into formal agreements with authorized cities to restrict the use of U. S. Forest Service land from which the water supplies are derived, when necessary. In 1981, the Wasatch- Cache National Forest, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Salt Lake City Corporation prepared a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) to carry out these federal mandates ( See Appendix F). The MOU cites the congressional acts that recognize Salt Lake City's extraterritorial jurisdiction in the watershed and the need to prevent the contamination of streams or water courses from which the inhabitants of the city derive their water supply. ( See Section A2 of this chapter for more detailed descriptions of statutes. The MOU also outlines responsibilities for the Forest Service including coordination with the city for any federal land- use planning in the watersheds, authorization of improvements needed by the city to protect and develop water, consultation with the City for any Forest Service water development, and assurances for the provision of necessary services such as garbage collections and maintenance of sanitary facilities. Under the provisions of the MOU, the City is authorized to provide the Forest Service with water to supply recreation and administrative sites, and to assume management responsibilities for recreation and sanitation facilities in City Creek, Mountain Dell, Parleys, and Lambs Canyons. Joint activities are outlined by the MOU including: Page 38 |