This reach of the Weber River is being over-used by water recreationalists, a majority of whom are unprepared for the river float they undertake. As a result, this reach of the river is extremely littered by popped tubes, lost flip flops, bottles and cans, and human waste. The current conditions have been enabled by a wide range factors, including: 1) The put-in is in Summit County on UDWR property and the take-out is in Morgan County on County-owned property. 2) The take out is not an officially established boat ramp 3) The area where the takeout is located is the old highway off the Taggart Exit on I-84. This is a dead-end road with one-way out, limited parking, and minimal road shoulder access. Over 500 vehicles have been observed in this tight area on weekend days, with lanes blocked and excessive congestion. This represents a serious safety risk in the event of an emergency. Several solutions have been floated by law enforcement, private parties, and others to try to solve the problems. Some of these problems are solvable by short-term, direct on-the-ground actions. However these individual actions don't address the underlying problem, which is that the people recreationally using this reach of the river are crossing several jurisdictional boundaries, there are no clear rules, and there isn't an agreed-upon framework to act upon solutions.

Develop an Action Plan for the Henefer to Taggart reach of the Weber River that addresses: 1) Put in Rules and enforecment 2) Traffic Plan 3) Parking Plan 4) Recreational Amenities 5) An agreed-upon list of priority projects

The garbage load within this reach of the Weber River represents a serious threat to the coldwater fishery as well as the bluehead sucker population. Although actions can be taken in a piecemeal fashion (many are proposed), the stakeholders really need to move forward with a unified plan that meets all of the interests within this reach of the Weber River to ensure that the negative impacts to aquatic habitat can be reduced.

The 2014 Weber River Restoration Plan identifies the need to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to solve intractable problems. This is an example of a scenario where collaboration with community stakeholders will provide broader system-scale benefits.

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A large amount of garbage is bring introduced to this reach of the Weber River with an unknown affect on water quality. Nevertheless, physical garbage is a serious challenge in this reach. Several groups, including the local TU chapters and the Utah Whitewater Club have organized repeated river cleanup events, but the source of the garbage needs to be addressed as well.

We don't anticipate any compliance needs related to the development of a plan. There may be construction actions that develop out of the plan, and those would be addressed once physical project elements are developed.

We propose to develop a reach-scale action plan that identifies: 1) The values 2) The challenges 3) Strategies to address the challenges We believe this needs to be a facilitated process with an independent facilitator to direct the conversations and consolidate our ideas. In order to make sure there is adequate representation, we propose to develop a group that includes representatives from the following interests: UDWR Division of Parks Water Recreation Morgan County Summit County Angling Interests Law Enforcement UDOT Agricultural producers/Landowners We would anticipate the stakeholders working together over several meetings to address each of the elements 1-3 above.

Monitoring activities will include documenting use. Overall, we hope to reduce the garbage load, which is more difficult to document. Volunteer groups will continue cleaning the garbage and the expectation would be to see a general reduction in the amount of garbage removed from the Weber River.

Destination Sports Morgan County Morgan City Trout Unlimited Utah Division of Wildlife Resource

Although there are current actions being undertaken by Morgan County to address some of the issues at the take-out, there are a lot of items that still need to be addressed along this entire reach. Developing an action plan is desperately needed here to bring the counties together, and work with the state agencies to ensure that a unified and comprehensive strategy can be applied moving forward. An action plan will allow the stakeholders within this reach to secure funding from other sources such as the Outdoor Recreation Grants to fund amenities and create sustainable recreational opportunities compatible with the Weber River Fishery.

The current use of this reach of the Weber River is creating a significant amount of damage, due to direct bank impacts, the garbage load, and human waste. Off channel impacts include traffic congestion, and safety. Developing an action plan is a critical first step to taking specific actions to improve this reach of the Weber River.