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Show Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project 727 6th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84103 > C«uDtv toast* of Owrcton Dorothy Harvey < o < ha>'person tied Reimhen (o-< hj.rperson 8>lh Duncan David freed Kjii HeiQVnreK h P e l f Hovingh ()a»id littietieio l>ave M< < ormick Barbara Poiirh lame* laiiev Hartt Wnom Supporting Qrgjnuawaws • t tah Council Trout Unlimited •Rocky Mountijn Count if of the Federation o< Fh Fishermen • Llah Member Ciubs o» rhe Federation of Ffy Fishermen • Stonefly Society o' the Wastach Salt Lake Cirv UUh • Order ol the Royai Coachman Pleasant T.rove Utah • Utah Audubon 1445 N. 10 St. Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54220 February 28, 1979 Vern Hamre Dlrec-tor, Region IV U.S.Forest Service Federal Bldg. 324 25th St. Ogden, Utah 64401 Dear Mr. Hamre: One of the purposes of the Carter Administration Water Policy is the protection of instream flows of such quantity that riparian exosystems are protected as well as the self-sustai^ning aquatic environments for fish. The quality of recreation in great demand today is associated with free-flowing trout streams, opportunities for kayaking and enjoyment of watching and photographing, birds and mammals dependent upon streamside vegetation. A major concern of members of CRCUP, the Sierra Club, the Utah Chapter and National Audubon Societies, the National Wildlife Federation, the Bonneville Chapter and American Fisheries Societies, the Environmental Policy Center, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Natural Resources Defense Council has been the disruption of the river ecosystems from development of the Central Utah Project. Recent rese to the outstanding values To further emphasize the! vided Executive Orders to (#11990,#11889) as well a Agencies for implementing from Amendments In the CI an Integral function of i tifications will have to the purposes of the Water arch Is bringing of riverine ecos r importance, the protect Wetlands s Administrative his Water Policy ean Water Act, qu ts quality. Viab be determined in Policy. national attention ystems in the west. President has pro-and Floodplains Directives to Federal As you are aware, antity of water is le stream flow quan-order to comply with Citizens for a Responsible CUP and the Sierra Club request the recommended instream flows of the Forest Service for the following rivers or their portions, on the National Forest lands. Please provide a statement indicating the most recent bioaquatic and hydrological criteria and methodologies used to determine these. Where this stream flow information is not presently determined, please indicate plans to obtain it. Please provide a statement, also, which assures us that these stream flow recommendations protect the Wetlands and Floodplains associated with these rivers. |
