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Lower Weber Restoration FY22 Phase 3
Region: Northern
ID: 6451
Project Status: Completed
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2022
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The Lower Weber Restoration project is a long-term multi-phased project with partners working together to improve conditions for the Bluehead Sucker along the Weber River from the mouth of Weber Canyon to the confluence with the Ogden River. This reach has been identified as important for the Bluehead Sucker, with limits on the juvenile recruitment of the sucker due to lack of backwaters and issues with connectivity of the main channel for fish migration. The Phase 3 project has been focused on increasing the longitudinal connectivity of the Weber River through Ogden City at the 24th Street Kayak Park, which has had a drop of more than 2' vertical, impeding the upstream passage of the sucker for more than a decade.
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Project Narrative
Ogden City worked with a wide variety of funding partners including FEMA, The Utah Department of Emergency Management, UWRI, UORG, Trout Unlimited, and other members of the Weber Partnership to develop this multi-phased plan for improvement of longitudinal connectivity of the main channel and lateral connection of floodplains and backwaters to benefit the Bluehead Sucker. The Ogden RDA also worked in partnership with the river project to evaluate the hazardous materials and develop a demolition plan for the Swift Building, which is adjacent to the Weber River at this project location. The accomplishments in the past 3 years include getting the Swift Building removed and getting hazardous materials out of the river project footprint. The river project and Swift Building demolition were completed in FY22. This project connected the Lower Weber River longitudinally through Ogden to upper reaches in Riverdale and Weber County. There are still a few fish barriers, floodplain connectivity opportunities, and backwater reconnections that are being evaluated as part of a Lower Weber River Geomorphic Assessment, led by Trout Unlimited. Several backwaters and side channels have been implemented in the last few years by Ogden City and Trails Foundation of Northern Utah. These reach wide efforts will continue in the next few years and UDWR will evaluate the benefit to the Bluehead Sucker. There are now places for the Bluehead Sucker brood stock to be released into the Lower Weber River and the river is more connected longitudinally than it has been in decades, so these efforts should continue.
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Future Management
The entire phase of the Lower Weber Project, including fish passage at the 24th Street Kayak Park was completed during FY22. No additional funding for this phase will be requested, but there are a few more fish passage barriers that will be addressed in the next few years. These include the Wilson Canal diversion, Riverdale Bench diversion, and an unnamed abandoned channel spanning line adjacent to the Ogden Business Exchange. Additionally, there are more opportunities to increase the area of backwaters along this reach to benefit the rearing of juvenile Bluehead Sucker. Thanks for the ESMF support for the project!
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Jack Dahlquist
Submitted Time
08/24/2022 07:13:14
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