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Show Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project 727 6th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, 8^103 /17$ ^£cu,P fd *a*rd el Owerton Doroth> H*r\+y co^hairpervon f r r d Sfimhff! co-chairperson Hei h Durxan Ojv«J freed *Utl HeioVnre>< h Petei Kovrngh Da* id lrli>e!ield Da\e Mi C rvmirk Ba'ba'a Po..ch fames 7alie> HaMi VS,«om Supporting Ofjnuataom 1^^5 N. 10 St. Manitowoc, Wisconsin 5^220 February 28, 1979 Vern Hamre DTrect-or, Region IV U.S.Forest Se~rvlce Federal BIarg7~ 32*1 25th St. Ogden, Utah 84401 Dear Mr. Hamre: • l ! ih Count il. Trout Unlimited •Rockv Mountun Courxii of the federation of Fly fishermen • L'Uh Member Clubs of ihe federaiion of ft> fishermen SaJt Lake Otv Utah •Order o* the Ro> at Coachman Pleasant C*o*r Utah •Utah Audubon One of the purposes of the Carter Administration Water Policy is the protection of instream flows of such quantity that riparian exbsystems are protected as welJL as, the se*lf-sustaining aquatic environments for fish^. The quality oT"~re creation in great demand today is associated with free-flowing trout streams", Opportunities for kayaking and enjoyment •sionefw s««.ryofrhe^aswch o jr"wat c hing and photographing birds and mammals dependent upon streamside vegetation^ A major concern of members of CRCUP, tne Sierra CTub, the Utah Chapter and National AudubojQ_JLQ&.lg-ties ^^^^EneNational Wild! 1 f* Federation, the Bonneville Chapter and American Fisheries Societies, the Environmental _PoJlliLY_"~~^- CenTer,"^ne^Environmental Defense Fund/ and the Natural Resources Defense Council has been the disruption of kSJ Hvqp ec^syslems from IfeVelopment of the Central Utah Project. . t Recent research Is hringing national attention^ to_Jthe_out standing values of' riverine ecosvsTTems in the_west". , To further emphasize their importance, the President" has pro--2\ vided Executive Orders to protect Wetlands and Floodplains (#11990,#11889) as well as Administrative Directives jto Federal^ Agen^e^^fo^Jj'iipj^ement'lng his Water Policy. As you are a"ware~7 from Amendme"nts Tn the Clean Water Act, quantity of water is an integral function of its quality^ Viable stream flow quantifications will have Tb be determined ifj order to comply with Le_s of the Water Policy. Cj/tlzens-for a Responsible CUP and the Sierra CJAib request the_ recommended instream flows of th_e__£qrest Service, for the_~fol lowing rivers or their portioTisTpn the . Nat^gjS^-Koi^^ijlaTids. Please provide a statement IrTaTcaTing the most recent bioaquatlc and hydrological criteria and methodologies used to determine 1;hese . Where this stream flow informa-tion is not presently determine^, please indicate plans to ~~ oFtTain l t ^ ~~~~~ ~ ' * ' Please provide a statement, also, which assures us that these stream flow recommendations protect the Wetlands and Floodplains associated with these rivers. *1 &• Hi ? r-s ^ ^ > -»*^0-^o |
