Community fisheries require routine maintenance to sustain the amount of use they receive from urban anglers. The shorelines require repeated plantings to prevent erosion of shorelines. The Docks at Bountiful Pond are in deteriorating and need replacing. Shoreline angling access at Andy Adams Reservoir is extremely limited by shoreline vegetation.

Stabilize shorelines at community fisheries in Weber, Davis and Cache Counties. Enhance shoreline fishing access at Bountiful Pond and Andy Adams Reservoir. Reconstruct deteriorated banks/pond liner at Jensen Pond. Purchase artificial aquatic fish habitat to improve retention of stocked fish and reduce predation by cormorants.

The shorelines provide seasonal nesting habitat for various migratory birds and the riparian overhanging vegetation provide cover habitat for various fishes.

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The loss of riparian vegetation would increase water temperatures by increasing solar radiation. Warmer water would lead to reduced water quality by decreasing available dissolved oxygen to fishes. Further, the removal of invasive plants will increase water to both terrestrial and aquatic species.

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Docks will be purchased and constructed at Andy Adams and Bountiful Ponds. This will require hiring teams to assemble floating docks and construct custom stationary docks at Bountiful Ponds. Artificial aquatic habitat will be purchased and deployed in various community fisheries identified by points on the map. Preferred plants will be identified at each community fishery to serve a specific purpose i.e. cover, bank stability, breeding habitat.

Vegetation will require watering and exclosures until the root system is developed. The water level is essential to the success of shoreline vegetation. This will require working closely with each community leader to ensure consistent water levels that will encourage plant expansion. The docks will require periodic maintenance and will be conducted by each community program and enforced by MOU's between entities and UDWR.

Davis County, Weber County, Clinton City, Ogden City, Clearfield City, Layton City, Farr West City, Cache County, UDWR

Phase three of this project will continue to increase shoreline angling opportunities at Community fisheries by adding docks, improving shoreline stability and reducing invasive or nonpreferential vegetation. The treatment of invasive phragmites or troublesome pond-lilys will require routine applications of herbicide treatment to reduce or extinguish plants that cause detriment to waterbody or angler access. This phase will also work to continue deploying the aquatic habitat preferential to various stocked and wild recruited aquatic species.

Indicators of success will be increased return of stocked fishes to anglers measured by repeated years of tagging studies implemented by UDWR. Further, increased use of community fisheries by the angling community.

04/12/2021

06/24/2022

2022

Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the northwest shoreline of Jensen Pond was conducted by personnel from DWR and Syracuse City. New fill was brought in to replace soil that had been compacted and eroded. Crews used heavy equipment to sculpt the new shoreline and place the roughly 2-foot diameter rip rap boulders to armor the shore and hold it in place while riparian vegetation is established. Adjacent ground disturbed during the shoreline work was rehabilitated and new landscaping installed.

Reworking of the shoreline took place in April of 2021, while landscaping of the areas disturbed by the shoreline restoration was completed in June of 2022. Syracuse City had a limited amount of time to work in spring of 2021 and even brought in their roads crew to help finish the shoreline restoration on time. They definitely put in more in-kind labor than expected, but the outcome was great and the shoreline of the fishery is much improved. It was initially planned that funding for this project would be enough to purchase a fishing dock for either Andy Adams Reservoir, Bountiful Pond or both. Due to the worldwide pandemic in 2020/2021 and inflation/geopolitics in 2022, the cost and availability of materials for the docks skyrocketed and the initial funding requested was not enough to cover the costs of even one dock. It was decided to roll the funding over and hope prices would stabilize. With not being able to purchase and install the docks, the shoreline restoration was the only component of this project completed; however, it was much needed, successful and a big lift.

The first phase Jensen Pond shoreline restoration was quite successful and started some momentum with Syracuse City and DWR towards restoring the entire shoreline of the pond. The newly renovated shoreline is in great shape should last a long time. It is likely another phase of this project will be proposed in the future.