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Show 77 f ' , . • • " • • • • . - . • • • : • : STRAWBERRY COLLECTION SYSTEM WILDLIFE MITIGATION A wildlife mitigation plan for the Strawberry Collection System has been prepared by a team represented by the State Division of Wildlife Resources, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This plan when implemented will mitigate for deer, elk, moose, beaver, grouse, and other terrestrial wildlife habitat that has been lost or affected by the construction of this collection system. The Strawberry Collection System is a major feature of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Water Project. The Bonneville Unit, now under construction, is the largest and most complex unit of the Central Utah Project. This unit's primary purpose is to develop water resources for the benefit of the growing population in the Uinta Basin and Bonneville Basin (Wasatch Front) areas. This is being done by providing means for greater utilization of Bonneville Unit water as well as providing trans-basin diversion of water from the Duchesne River System. The Strawberry Collection System is the primary feature which collects the water and makes it available for trans-basin diversion to the Bonneville Basin. The Strawberry Collection System would consist of Upper Stillwater Reservoir; Currant Creek Reservoir; enlarged Strawberry Reservoir; the Strawberry Aqueduct with its various diversion structures, pipelines, and tunnels. The Effects of the Strawberry Collection System Features of the collection system will have both temporary and permanent effects on wildlife habitat. Temporary effects will include disturbance of ground surfaces during construction activities, e.g. borrow areas, buried pipeline alignments, tunnel spoil piles, and temporary access roads. Areas affected by temporary disturbances will and are being rehabilitated through site rehabilitation and revegetation. Permanent direct effects would result from construction and operation of project surface features such as, reservoirs, recreation facilities, permanent access roads and relocation of existing roads, and tunnel portal and stream diversion structures. Permanent indirect effects such as reduction in value of wildlife habitats would also occur as a result of recreational use at reservoir sites; and in the case of Strawberry Reservoir, the enlarged reservoir would cutoff migration routes and would isolate a substantial amount of wildlife B 5 I CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT |
