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Show Salt Lake City Watershed Management Plan ' 99 programs. The topography of the lower canyon is suitable for an amphitheater. City Creek Canyon is located in close proximity to several public schools. The amphitheater will also play a major role in the overall watershed education program that this plan recommends. 4. Alternate bike and car days. • Recommendation: Maintain the current policy. Implementation: Ongoing. Explanation: The current policy of alternating bikes and cars on the road in City Creek Canyon is serving users well. The road is not wide enough to safely allow bikes and cars to access the road at the same time. Salt Lake City feels this system will remain in place until future issues require the City to re- address the policy. B. RED BUTTE CANYON 1. Canyon Management. • Recommendation: Continue to support the Forest Service's management of Red Butte Canyon as a Research Natural Area. Implementation: Ongoing. Explanation: Red Butte Canyon is managed by the Forest Service as a Research Natural Area. Access is limited to veterans from the Veterans Adrninistration Hospital, and nature- based research. Through limitations on human access, the canyon has become plentiful with wildlife providing a near- pristine example of a Wasatch Watershed. This management designation allows for Red Butte Canyon to be used as a biological control area for the rest of the Wasatch Canyons. Page 93 |