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Show Endangered fish satisfied, rcare : plani found along Whitfe River i Tt Kiv'r l1ttl" Wim ' i'W'r-i i'W'r-i Ji lh coitlmKl existence of the en-.' en-.' iured Colorado sijuawfish, the U S. ' fVh ml Wildlife Service said lust . Ttve (ievisiiui. reached after two years intensive study of the fish, means the iitn project has overcome a major hur- die The 13 prop08' 'or a ''" near Ok Colorado-Utah bonier where it ' 1 wouM provide water for oil shale development in Uintah County. "I'm very pleased with the division," f'yidl'tah Uw. Scott Matheson. "It accommodates ac-commodates both the legal re-lmiiremeiita re-lmiiremeiita of the Endangered Species "!ct nd our goal of water development i i the oil shale industry." " TV Fish and Wildlife Service report aid the state will have to implement 1,1 -rin "conservation measures" to "jrotect the squawfish. Officials from ijw state's Department of Natural ,jesources and Energy have reviewed !be measures and agreed to the provi- M 'onS' ,'' Some of the required conservation measures are: -The state must assure that enough 'flier is released from the dam to -aaintain downstream flows. That it'jter must also be approximately the "me temperature as water that '"'iturally flows in the river. 'n -The state. Bureau of Land , Management and Fish and Wildlife enice are required to monitor a ossible squaw fish spawning site 15 1 'Nies below the dam and possibly """sprove the habitat in the spawning i-The state, BLM and Fish and vftldlife Service are required to 3wniIor the squawfish population IY,$tream from the dam and possibly i Vie steps to assist the fish in that area. -The agencies are required to in- stigate the possibility of providing a in" ite for the squawfish to migrate i WENDOVER WEEKENDERS am Standings W L andler Assoc. 29 15 inir.ger-Richardson 27 17 ;yf rierson Welding 26 18 -, . High Series ': ir Johnson 5-18 i r: BiyKempton 529 ' r :Price 528 " High Games -.VfieseWebb 210 l"i-iryJciinson 205 t e'tatis 198 either "around or through" the dam. Fish ladders or possibly even trucking the fish around the dam are options mentioned in the report. The Fish and Wildlife Service report also said that what appears to be a new species of plant was discovered during studies of the dam site. A member of the genus Fenstemon, the plant is tentatively ten-tatively being called the White River Fenstemon. Further scientific studies will be required to assure that the plant is indeed a new species. "It is possible that the White River Dam project could destroy a significant segment of the known White River Fenstemon population. However, it is likely that the plant can be transplanted to a suitable habitat similar to the habitat to be lost to the dam," said Die report. Dorthy Harvey, representing the In-termountain In-termountain Water Alliance, said she is still opposed to the construction of the White River Dam. "Our opinion is that the endangered squaw fish is only part of a warm-water river ecosystem that is unique and irreplaceable. ir-replaceable. The White River Dam is not needed and the taxpayers of Utah should not be subsidizing oil shale development with this project," she said. The dam would be built by the state on land controlled by the BLM. Jack Lyman, director of external affairs af-fairs for the White River Oil Shale Project, Pro-ject, said he's pleased with the announcement. an-nouncement. "The opinion brings the state a step closer to construction of the dam and reservoir to provide the water necessary to commercial development of our oil shale industry," he said. The proposed reservoir would be 13.5 miles long and inundate 1,980 acres. It would have an active storage capacity of 70,700 acre-feet of water. A 15-megawatt hydroelectric plant will be built in conjunction with the dam. The two-year study by Fish and Ml'SCLES & BL'STLES Team Standings W L Nickson. Schiller, Rogers 26 6 Daggett, Baker, Wilkens 24 8 High Series Ron Baker 566 Alvin Allen 560 JanaWarby 558 High Games JanaWarby 231 Alvin Allen 221 Blaine Ralphs 208 Ron Baker 208-205 Game Wildlife Service biologists found that the endangered squawfish lives both nlxwe and below the proposed White River Dam site. "Approximately R0 miles of known squawfish habitat above tlx! proposed dam site (about 10 percent of the total known squawfish habitat) will be adversely affected due to the White River Dum, primarily because the dam may physically block seasonal movement of the squawfish in and out" of the nrea, said the report. To cope with this problem, the state will be required to monitor the fish and possibly move any trapped fish downstream or attempt to establish a population of the fish in the newly created reservoir. Of major importance, said the Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, is the SUSC WINS GAME Southern Utah State College outscored Western State 13-4 in the final three and a half minutes of the game to pull away to a 64-53 victory vic-tory in the first round of the NAIA District Seven basketball playoffs at Cedar City. Dean O'Driscoll, who led the Thunderbirds with 17 points, scored six points down the final stretch to help SUSC gain breathing room after leading by only 51-49 with 3:30 left in the game. Ron Ence scored 28 points and hauled down 20 rebounds as the Dixie Rebels thumped Utah Tech 101-79 and finished with a spotless first place record of 10-0. Chris McMullin added 14 points and Tom Roberts scored 12 counters. Darryl Zenger scored 22 points for Utah Tech. preservation of a possible squawfish spawning ground located 15 miles below the dam site. "The significance of this is thut there is only one known squawfish spawning site In the upper Colorudo River basin. It Is located in the lower 20 miles of the Yampa River. A key to preserving the Colorado squawfish is the preservation of the Integrity of its spawning site and the maintenance of conditions conducive con-ducive to egg survival," said the report. By maintaining flows in the river and controlling the temperature of water released by the dam, the scientists believe the possible spawning area can be preserved. A reduction In the river's sediment load as a result of the dam could actually benefit spawning squawfish, according to the report. |