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Show 2. Uinta Basin Stream_.Flows, As stated in the PDOD "a major environmental issue not resolved is the . magnitude of stream flows below reservoirs and diversion points -on Strawberry Aqueduct." The U.S. Forest Service in their September 11, 19/3, comments on the EIS summarized the stream flow issue as follows: "The State of Utah has only 61.8 miles of class I fishing streams "and 450.9 miles of class II fishing streams as classified by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. These 512.7 miles represent . only 10 percent of Utah's 5,377 total miles of fishing streams. Approximately Z J QSL mi Las. of former trout habitat have already been eliminated in Utah. The Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project will reduce by 8.1 percent the class I, and 10.5 percent of the class II fishing streams within the State. With all the present - reservoirs and natural lakes in the State, there appears to be a significant imbalance of flat water recreation in relation to the ever-diminishing resource of stream-type recreation in Utah. The table and graphs below show the different bypass flows and their result on stream fisherman days: • Recommended Strawberry Aqueduct Fishery Bypasses .-•-' . Utah State Stream ', BuRec 1/ Forest Service Div. of Wildlife _„ BSF&W Rock Creek 3,500 14,300 . Wolf Creek - 2,400 West Fork Duchesne River - ' 5,900 5,900 - 14,500 ; Currant Creek , . , . - - - 3,700 Strawberry River 3,000 2/ 6,500 26,300 18,100. ~ - 2/ 5,900 4,300 8,700 37,000 47,400 : - - 2/ : 14,50(5 10,300 17,300 89,500 T7 Expected spills and irrigation bypasses may add 6,000 a.f. to the bypasses .. effective for fisheries. " : " .2/ No recommendation. |
