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Canyon View Park Pond Habitat and Access Improvements Phase I
Region: Central
ID: 7759
Project Status: Current
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Need for Project
Canyon View pond is a heavily utilized 1.8 acre pond in Utah County. The pond receives over 5,000 angler hours per acre per year. The majority of the pond is four feet in depth or less which limits fish survival, natural reproduction, and angler catch rates (i.e. shallow, shy fish). The pond also experiences less than optimal swings in temperature and dissolved oxygen during the summer primarily driven by limited volume and high BOD (lots of sediment for a small volume of water) The pond has gradually silted in over the past several decades. We propose to dredge the pond and remove approximately five feet of sediment from the majority of the pond (roughly 11,300 cubic yards).
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. Dredge approximately 11,300 cubic yards of sediment from the pond (deepen the majority by 4-5 ft while retaining a gradual slope near shore) 2. Purchase and install approximately 20 fish habitat structures (Mossback Trophy Tree, Safe Haven, Fry Fortress or similar) 3. Purchase and install diffused aeration system to increase dissolved oxygen and help prevent fish stress and mortality
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?)
Why Here/Why Now-Canyon View pond is a heavily utilized 1.8 acre pond in Utah County. The pond receives over 5,000 angler hours per acre per year. Spanish Fork City has recently improved water delivery to the pond to help supplement summer water levels. Recent fisheries surveys by DWR have shown that even with lower water levels the pond is capable of overwintering/oversummering wipers, bluegill, and channel catfish and has potential to support a largemouth bass (LMB) fishery. The Central Region is gradually improving ponds with LMB potential to meet the increased interest in the species as documented in recent creel and angler opinion surveys.
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
Project actions are supported by UDWR Community Fisheries Management Plan and Spanish Fork City Parks Master Plan.
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
The project doesn't significantly reduce fuels or fire risk
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
The project will increase water quantity available to support the fishery (approximately double water volume) and improve water quality by increasing dissolved oxygen and decreasing water temperatures.
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
Dredging of existing pond to original volume will not trigger NEPA, ESA, or other regulatory permits. No arch clearance needed.
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
1. Dredging-Dredge and fill transport will be contracted out to a private company with some transport support from Spanish Fork City. Preliminary cost estimates suggest a cost of $20-35 a yard with the use of two excavators, one to remove sediment from the "center" of the pond and then swing it to a dump location closer to the pond shoreline where another excavator will load it into a dump truck for transport to the Spanish Oaks Gun Range (about 1.5 miles away). The pond will be drained in the spring of 2026. The use of swamp mats may be needed depending upon how much the sediment is able to dry. 2. Fish habitat structures will be purchased from Mossback or Pond King and installed by UDWR personnel after dredging. 3. Aeration unit will be installed by Spanish Fork City personnel.
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
Water quality including DO, pH, temp, and SpCond will be monitored monthly during the summer post project for a minimum of three years. UDWR personnel will conduct fish sampling 2-3 years post project (we surveyed recently in 2024).
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
Spanish Fork 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
Future pond maintenance and cost of electricity for aeration will be conducted by Spanish Fork City. Fish production and stocking will be implemented by UDWR. The pond and park grounds are monitored monthly by Spanish Fork City to identify maintenance needs.
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
The project supports the quality and quantity of the fishing/recreation by enhancing and increasing fisheries habitat (both water and structure) and improving fishability of the pond.
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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