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Red Fleet Reservoir In-Lake Habitat Structure (Phase I)
Region: Northeastern
ID: 3700
Project Status: Completed
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Need for Project
One of the goals of the Red Fleet Management plan is to manage Red Fleet for stable forage fish populations and for balanced predator to prey ratios.One of the objectives under this task is to create and maintain a more stable forage base. Black Crappie and Yellow Perch are both forage species that were selected by the committee to be stocked into the reservoir. This will occur in the Spring of 2016. Red Fleet is a canyon type lake with a mix of both rocky and muddy terrain. The reservoir has some habitat for these species but the majority of the reservoir lacks the type of structure that Black Crappie typically utilize. The goal of this project is to begin (on a small scale) creating and installing some Black Crappie structure at specific pre-planned locations within the reservoir.
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
1) Identify areas where Black Crappie structures could be most effective and utilized by fish. 2) Build and Install 3-5 structures at each Identified location within the reservoir. 3) Monitor structures for effectiveness 4) Ensure structures are safe, secure and if needed clearly marked for BOR maintenance purposes and for boater safety. 5) Continue this project as multiple smaller scale projects or until a lake wide large scale project can be funded and completed.
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?)
The main threat to this scenario of this project is not started is the trust in which the angling public and Red Fleet Management committee instilled in the DWR to carry out projects. Red Fleet rotenone treatment was a highly controversial issue, so for the DWR to carry out specific tasks as outlined in the management plan is critical to building public trust and move forward with other local projects into the future. This project is a small step in that direction! If habitat structures are not installed in a timely fashion some of these forage species identified might not survive and reproduce as needed to ensure a more stable forage base at the reservoir.
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
Red Fleet Management Plan, Goal #2, Objectives 1 & 4. Goal #2) Manage Red Fleet for stable forage fish populations and for balanced predator: prey ratios. Objective #1) Ensure two of the three forage species (YP, BC, MWF) are recruiting in each 3 year cycle. This can be assessed by annual surveys such as gill-netting, trap-netting and electrofishing surveys. Objective #4) Work with BOR and State Parks to create black crappie structures that can be installed in Red Fleet for long term improvements for this species. Installation of these structures will likely benefit other forage species as well.
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
Some of the available structures placed in target areas do have the potential to increase water quality by reducing erosion and possible sedimentation into the reservoir. Several flash flood events have created sediment deposition where wind and wave action cause increased turbidity, these structures could help.
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
Written approval from the BOR and following the already in place MOU between BOR and UDWR. Biologist has been in conversions with the Provo office of the BOR about this project and will submit a detailed plan for approval. No other permitting should be required, as all structures would sit on the lake bed well below the high water mark.
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
Utilizing the structures identified in the BOR/UDWR habitat MOU, we would identify, create and install multiple styles of in-lake habitat structures within Red Fleet Reservoir. After installation we would monitor these structures for effectiveness as both long term fish habitat structures and fish attractors. Installation most likely would have to occur in the Fall or early Winter when water levels are low. Other methods of installation are utilizing state parks barge or contracting out a professional company with the capabilities of installing larger types of structures.
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
Monitoring of these structures could be done utilizing underwater camera (Gopro and Marcum pancam) which the UDWR already owns. Scuba and snorkle surveys along with boat electrofishing are two other monitoring methods that will be utilized when monitoring these structures for effectiveness.
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
Utah State Parks and BOR are both potential partners in this project. We would also ask members of the Red Fleet Management committee to assist or any other local angler groups. This is the type of project were local anglers can get involved and see instant progress to a fishery and we plan to utilize them as partners.
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
Red Fleet now has a long term management plan that we can follow and assess well into the future. The goals and objectives established within this plan allow for both flexibility and direction for this up-and-coming destination fishery.
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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