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Jensen Pond shoreline vegetation restoration
Region: Northern
ID: 3550
Project Status: Completed
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Need for Project
The popularity of Jensen Pond has resulted in trampling of much of the shoreline vegetation. Also affecting the persistence of the vegetation is a combination of water level fluctuations and wind resulting in noticeable shoreline erosion. The bathymetry of Jensen pond is rather unremarkable, characterized by a generally bowl-shaped morphology with little to no offshore fish holding structure. This results in marginal habitat for the species inhabiting the pond and low recruitment of new individuals to the population. Popularity of the pond has diminished due to the overall degraded appearance of the shoreline coupled with low catch rates resulting from lack of habitat elements in the pond itself.
Provide evidence about the nature of the problem and the need to address it. Identify the significance of the problem using a variety of data sources. For example, if a habitat restoration project is being proposed to benefit greater sage-grouse, describe the existing plant community characteristics that limit habitat value for greater sage-grouse and identify the changes needed for habitat improvement.
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Objectives
Address the shoreline vegetation deficiencies by adding commercially available riparian sod mats protected from wind by strategically placed boulders and protected from foot traffic by using thorny woody vegetation (i.e., hawthorn, Wood's rose) and directing users to prepared, hardened paths to the water's edge. Add additional submerged habitat elements via a combination of commercially available structure (i.e., Fishiding, Mossback structures) and in-house manufactured (i.e., rock stars) structures placed off shore. Augment the artificial structures with natural vegetation available commercially.
Provide an overall goal for the project and then provide clear, specific and measurable objectives (outcomes) to be accomplished by the proposed actions. If possible, tie to one or more of the public benefits UWRI is providing.
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Project Location/Timing Justification (Why Here? Why Now?)
Continued erosion could compromise the now exposed pond liner resulting in complete or partial dewatering of the pond. Sediment suspended from shoreline exposure results in increased turbidity, decreased light penetration and low recruitment of natural submerged vegetation. Lack of suitable off shore fish habitat limits fish recruitment and results in the need for hatchery augmentation on a continual basis.
LOCATION: Justify the proposed location of this project over other areas, include publicly scrutinized planning/recovery documents that list this area as a priority, remote sensing modeling that show this area is a good candidate for restoration, wildlife migration information and other data that help justify this project's location.
TIMING: Justify why this project should be implemented at this time. For example, Is the project area at risk of crossing an ecological or other threshold wherein future restoration would become more difficult, cost prohibitive, or even impossible.
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Relation to Management Plans
Partnering with Syracuse City is consistent with DWR's constituency goals of improving communications with wildlife organizations, public officials, private landowners, and government agencies, to obtain support for DWR programs. Currently, I know of no management plans for Community Fishery waters. The potential of this plan to assist in conserving water is part of a larger statewide goal and plan to conserve, develop, and protect Utah's water - a mission goal of Division of Water Resources.
List management plans where this project will address an objective or strategy in the plan. Describe how the project area overlaps the objective or strategy in the plan and the relevance of the project to the successful implementation of those plans. It is best to provide this information in a list format with the description immediately following the plan objective or strategy.
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Fire/Fuels
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If applicable, detail how the proposed project will significantly reduce the risk of fuel loading and/or continuity of hazardous fuels including the use of fire-wise species in re-seeding operations. Describe the value of any features being protected by reducing the risk of fire. Values may include; communities at risk, permanent infrastructure, municipal watersheds, campgrounds, critical wildlife habitat, etc. Include the size of the area where fuels are being reduced and the distance from the feature(s) at risk.
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Water Quality/Quantity
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Describe how the project has the potential to improve water quality and/or increase water quantity, both over the short and long term. Address run-off, erosion, soil infiltration, and flooding, if applicable.
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Compliance
Partner with Syracuse City parks department to ensure compliance with all Parks regulations. DWR enforcement is generally enhanced at Community Fisheries to maintain compliance with wildlife regulations.
Description of efforts, both completed and planned, to bring the proposed action into compliance with any and all cultural resource, NEPA, ESA, etc. requirements. If compliance is not required enter "not applicable" and explain why not it is not required.
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Methods
Place sod mats and boulders on vulnerable shorelines and direct human foot traffic to pre-hardened areas with a combination of rock and vegetative path delineators. Place off shore structures in both bays of the pond in a fashion which promotes both fish holding and protection. Plant natural vegetation closer to shore so light penetration allows for growth and recruitment of new plants.
Describe the actions, activities, tasks to be implemented as part of the proposed project; how these activities will be carried out, equipment to be used, when, and by whom.
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Monitoring
visual monitoring of vegetative persistence.
Describe plans to monitor for project success and achievement of stated objectives. Include details on type of monitoring (vegetation, wildlife, etc.), schedule, assignments and how the results of these monitoring efforts will be reported and/or uploaded to this project page. If needed, upload detailed plans in the "attachments" section.
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Partners
Syracuse City
List any and all partners (agencies, organizations, NGO's, private landowners) that support the proposal and/or have been contacted and included in the planning and design of the proposed project. Describe efforts to gather input and include these agencies, landowners, permitees, sportsman groups, researchers, etc. that may be interested/affected by the proposed project. Partners do not have to provide funding or in-kind services to a project to be listed.
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Future Management
Encourage park staff to properly water and manage water levels as allowable to insure survival and persistence of new plants.
Detail future methods or techniques (including administrative actions) that will be implemented to help in accomplishing the stated objectives and to insure the long term success/stability of the proposed project. This may include: post-treatment grazing rest and/or management plans/changes, wildlife herd/species management plan changes, ranch plans, conservation easements or other permanent protection plans, resource management plans, forest plans, etc.
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Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources
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Potential for the proposed action to improve quality or quantity of sustainable uses such as grazing, timber harvest, biomass utilization, recreation, etc. Grazing improvements may include actions to improve forage availability and/or distribution of livestock.
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