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<br />along the other mountain fronts in Utah which have similar
<br />characteristics to the Wasatch Range,
<br />Steps toward a coordinated, cost.effective,
<br />documentable, and environmentally sensitive emergency
<br />mitigation plan can best be summed up by the steps taken by
<br />emergency watershed protection teams during and after the
<br />1993 fIres in California, The GIS datablllie developed for
<br />this study helps complete the steps listed in Table 7,
<br />
<br />Table 7. Steps considered in evaluating 'In emergency
<br />watershed protection plan,
<br />
<br />I) Identify the issues and concerns
<br />2) Develop goals and objectives
<br />
<br />3) Perfonn an erosion potential study of:
<br />Sediment Sources & Volumes, Surfacl: Geology,
<br />Soils, Runoff, Topography, Vegetal c,)ver, Land
<br />Use, Channel Morphology & Sediment LO~ld and
<br />Climate
<br />
<br />4) Outline selection criteria for mitigation
<br />alternatives by evaluating:
<br />Speed & Ease of Installation, Cost-Effectiveness,
<br />Environmental Sensitivity, Other bllsed on 'iIl'ea of
<br />the bum
<br />
<br />5) Evaluate mitigation alternatives
<br />
<br />ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
<br />
<br />We thank Lyle Steffen, G, Arthur Sho,~aker, Julia
<br />Grimm, and Marilyn O'dell of the Namnl Resources
<br />Conservation Service, Bill Case, Utah Geological Survey,
<br />and Andrew Godfrey, U.S. Forest Service for th eir comments
<br />and suggestions on the manuscript.
<br />A special thank you to Dave Preveclel, U.S. Forest
<br />Service GIS lab in Ogden, and Chris MOl,ller, Natural
<br />Resources Conservation Service for their ~ssistance which
<br />enabled development of the GIS database for this study.
<br />
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