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Home > Visitor Information > Naches Ranger Station Yakima Basin Reservoir and River Recreation SurveysWe need your help! The U.S. Forest Service in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation is in the process of gathering data from recreational users of the Tieton, Naches and Bumping Rivers and Rimrock, Clear and Bumping Lakes. This information will be used by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of a study to determine the impact of recreation on water resources as it relates to water storage. Potential impacts to all resources will be identified during the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement “EIS” that will be conducted on the Water Storage Study alternatives. It has been Reclamation’s experience that when additional water is being made available for other purposes such as fish and wildlife, municipal, industrial, and irrigation, etc. it is usually beneficial to recreation users. Currently site-specific recreation-related data is unavailable. In order to accurately assess the current recreation environment within this area, additional information must be collected from recreationists who visit the lakes and rivers. Further, the information collected from the recreating public will allow Reclamation to adequately assess the impacts that different water storage options have on the recreation environment and the local and national economy. The current recreation environment (existing condition) and the potential environmental impacts (consequences) will be documented in the Storage Study EIS. Pertinent information collected from the public will be displayed in an appendix to the EIS. The recreating public is highly encouraged to participate in this survey as the outcome will directly affect future recreational opportunities available for their use. Although the potential positive or negative impacts to recreation have not yet been determined, it is assumed that there will be added benefits to recreation users within this area and that there will be additional water related recreation opportunities available to the public. Surveys may be completed in the field when contacted by Forest Service personnel or Northwest Land Management campground hosts. You may also obtain a survey at the Naches Ranger Station or many of the local businesses on U.S. Highway 12. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete the survey. Completed surveys may be dropped off at the Naches Ranger Station. During non-work hours they may be deposited in the mailbox inside the Ranger Station entryway. Download the Yakima Basin
Reservoir Recreation Survey [ Download the Yakima Basin
River Recreation Survey [ After printing out and completing the survey, please mail it to:
or send by Fax to (509) 653-2638 OR .. complete the survey in MS Word, and email it to tjehlers@fs.fed.us or blcooney@fs.fed.us Download the Yakima Basin
Reservoir Recreation Survey [ Download the Yakima Basin
River Recreation Survey [
August 22, 2006 |
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