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STUDY FINDS NO ADVERSE IMPACT FROM PLANNED CONSERVATION WORK IN EAST CANYON
WATERSHED
An environmental assessment was recently completed which showed no
significant impact on the environment from conservation work scheduled to be
done by the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District in the Upper East
Canyon Creek Watershed. The finding released by the Utah office of USDA’s
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) was prepared to help select the
best alternative to achieve the planned watershed improvements.
During Fiscal Year 2006, Congress appropriated funds through a congressional
earmark to NRCS to provide technical and financial assistance for the
Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District to implement a non-point source
pollution reduction project in the Upper East Canyon Creek Watershed. The
Mountainland Association of Governments has been designated as the administrator
of this NRCS project.
The purpose of the proposed action is to reduce the erosion of sediments that
transport phosphorus to East Canyon Creek. The proposed action is needed because
non-point source pollution was identified as a possible cause of water quality
impairments in the watershed by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
East Canyon Creek from the reservoir to the headwaters is on Utah’s 303(d) list
for total phosphorus and dissolved oxygen. Eroded sediments in surface runoff
are the primary mechanism for phosphorus transport.
Stream channel restoration measures are proposed for the upper portion of
East Canyon Creek and the main tributaries, approximately 100 feet on either
side of the waterway. These projects are intended to restore channel segments,
provide natural shading and develop a narrower, deeper stream profile. Measures
will include such actions as fencing pasture and riparian areas, fish habitat
improvements, and managed grazing of livestock.
Public comment is welcomed on this proposed action and will be accepted until
30 days after the publication of this finding in the Federal Register. Further
information is available on the NRCS Web site at
www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov.
Contact: Ron Francis 801-524-4557
Last Modified:
05/12/2008
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