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Show The Ogden Valley News June 1, 2021 Your Community Newspaper USPS MARKETING MAIL POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO UDOT Moves Ahead with Work on SR 158: Concrete barrier & chip seal projects slated The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is improving State Route 158 in Weber County from Pineview Reservoir to Powder Mountain Resort. The roadway will be reduced to one lane in areas where work is taking place and will be controlled by flaggers. No work will take place during the Memorial Day Holiday weekend, from Friday through Monday. Road Improvement Projects - Crews are currently working near Pineview dam installing concrete barriers to increase safety for motorists by helping to stop falling rocks from entering the roadway. This work will proceed thru May. Also, beginning as early as June 7, crews will begin laying down a chip seal treatment overlay to increase the life of SR 158 from Pineview Reservoir to Powder Mountain. This work will require a pilot car to control traffic. Residents and motorists can expect access limitations when work is taking place near side streets and driveways. This project will also include asphalt replacement in some areas, guardrail replacement, and new culverts. Work will continue through 2021. Construction schedules may change due to weather or equipment issues. Check udottraffic.utah.gov for current road conditions. Those impacted by this project are encouraged to sign up for project email updates. Sign up by emailing <SR158@utah. gov> For more information about the project, please call 888-556-0232. Kunekune pigs at Sunnyfield Farms in Eden. Photo by Alan Vause, also of Eden. Forest Service Proposes Huntsville Helibase Near Pineview Reservoir The U.S. Forest Service recently extended gov/project/?project=59969> Additional inforpublic notice of a request for public com- mation regarding this action can be obtained ment regarding a proposed helibase project on from Sean Harwood at sean.harwood@usda.gov the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest near or 801-625-5872. The UWCNF Ogden District Huntsville Town. Ranger is the responsible official. The Ogden Ranger District How to Comment and of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache Timeframe - This 30-day comNational Forest (UWCNF) has Public comments of ment period on the Proposed prepared an Environmental Action represents the only Assessment (EA) for a pro- record accepted thru opportunity for the public to posal to construct a helibase provide specific written comMay 30, 2021 on forest system lands outside ments on the project and thereHuntsville Town near Pineview by have standing to object. Reservoir and Anderson Cove Campground on Persons who submit comments should include: the north side of SR 39. The helibase would (1) their name, address, and contact telephone be used to house the Wasatch Helitack crew number or e-mail address; (2) the name of the and up to three helicopters. According to the project on which they ae submitting comments; notice, the crew and helicopters are critical and (3) specific written comments regarding resources used in the suppression of wildland the project, along with supporting reasons that fires across northern Utah (on all land jurisdic- the responsible official should consider when tions) and elsewhere throughout the country. reaching a decision. Before including address, They also play a key role in the implemen- phone number, e-mail address, or other personal tation of hazardous fuels reduction projects information in a comment, be advised that your throughout the region. The proposed project and other information are available for review HELIBASE cont. on page 8 at the following URL: <https://www.fs.usda. Man Dies at Pineview from Suspected Drowning A 61-year-old man died Saturday, May 15 at Pineview Reservoir after an apparent drowning. According to a Weber County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post, at 4:01, a deputy in the area of Port Ramp was notified of a possible drowning after the male was observed facedown in the water. “Bystanders were able to get the male out of the water and began life-saving efforts. Deputies and Weber Fire continued life-saving efforts; however, the male passed.” The man’s name had not been released at the time of printing. Members of the Weber Count Sheriff’s office and paramedics work to revive a man who was found facedown in the water at Pineview Reservoir. Photo courtesy of Shannon Smith. As of May 18, 2021, within the community of Eden, there are 35 active cases of COVID-19 (individuals still considered to be infectious). Last week there were 13 active cases, showing the ability of the SARS-CoV-2 to spread rapidly within a community. Seventy-five percent of the active cases are among individuals less than 29 years of age. SARS-CoV-2 is still spreading among younger individuals who have not been vaccinated. As of May 18, only 32% of individuals 16 to 29 years of age have received the vaccine SHOREBIRD cont. on page 10 within Weber and Morgan counties and, still, 39% of individuals between the ages of 50 and 59 years of age have not received the vaccine. Young individuals can easily spread SARSCoV-2 to older individuals who are not vaccinated and are at greater risk for hospitalization and death from COVID-19. With eligibility now open to all Utahns 12 years of age or older, the Weber-Morgan Health Department is asking you to encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to get vaccinated. Here are five reasons to get vaccinated from former CDC Director, Dr. Tom Frieden: COVID CASES cont. on page 8 Annual Valley Weeds Day Announced: Event hosted by Community Foundation of Ogden Valley The Community Foundation of Ogden Valley would like to invite all Valley residents to come help pull or dig dyer’s woad Saturday, June 5 at 10:00 a.m. The event will offer fun, exercise, a chance to meet new people, as well as give back to the local community. Please join CFOV board members at the North Arm Trailhead in Eden. The goal of this project is to help reduce and eradicate dyer’s woad, which is threatening the native plant community of our local area. Invasive weed species threaten the ecological integrity and biological diversity of native plant communities within the project area, and are causing adverse impacts to recreation, wildlife, agriculture, and other important social and resource values. The target weed is dyer’s woad, but there are other weeds that are also in need of pulling CFOV cont. on page 13 Ogden Canyon Bridge Project Continues While construction on the mid-canyon bridge on SR 39 in Ogden Canyon progresses, crews are working to improve the traffic flow in both directions. As the weather warms up, traffic increases are expected in the canyon. Motorists should expect significant delays during peak morning and evening travel times. Plan extra travel time for your commute or recreation outing or consider an alternate route if possible. Work on the mid-canyon bridge is projected to continue through fall 2021. As always, please reduce speed and exercise caution when traveling through construction zones. In all, UDOT has been working to replace value of Great Salt Lake and its wetlands for three bridges along SR-39 in Ogden Canyon. shorebird species. Great Salt Lake and its associated wetlands The bridges at Pineview Reservoir and the provide an invaluable food source to around 10 million migratory birds annually, including about 330 different species. Great Salt Lake receives the largest percentage of the world’s population of Eared Grebes feeding during their migration. Between 3 million and 5 million Eared Grebes have been documented using Great Salt Lake as a stopover spot during their migration each year from September to October. Great Salt Lake also supports nearly one-third of the global population of Wilson’s Phalaropes, more than 56 percent of the global population of American Avocets, and 37 percent of the North American population of Black-necked Stilts. The lake’s shoreline, playas and mudflats also support 21 percent of the North American breeding population of Snowy Plovers, a species identified as one of greatest conservation need by Utah’s Wildlife Action Plan. “This declaration signals and highlights the importance of Great Salt Lake’s ecosystem for many of our bird species,” Utah Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Brian Gov. Cox Declares 2021 as Year of the Shorebird at Great Salt Lake Gov. Spencer Cox has declared 2021 as the “Year of the Shorebird” at Great Salt Lake and in Utah, and the year of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site at Great Salt Lake. The declaration celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Great Salt Lake’s 1991 Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network designation naming it a site of “hemispheric importance,” the highest level of designation given to a site by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, highlighting the truly exceptional Eden a County Hot Spot for Active COVID Cases mouth of Ogden Canyon have been completed, with the work on the mid-canyon bridge still under way. This project is replacing the old bridge. The new bridge is projected to have a 75-year lifespan. The completed six- to eight-month project will replace the deficient bridge and provide improved drainage, road surface across the bridge, and site distance; and replace deteriorated bridge barriers and widen the road shoulders across the bridge. For additional project information and updates, please visit the project summary page at <www.udot.utah.gov/projectpages/ f?p=250:2007:0::NO:2007:P2007_EPM_ PROJ_XREF_NO,P2007_PROJECT_ TYPE_IND_FLAG:9933> Work on bridge in Ogden Canyon. Photo courtesy of UDOT. |
