LOGAN RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT MUST BE STOPPED
LRWP PLANS TO CAPTURE the Little Logan River
And convert it into a canal.
How?
By PHYSICALLY DISCONNECTING THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LOGAN RIVER FROM ONE ANOTHER,
AND FROM THEIR SOURCE, THE LOGAN RIVER.
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ONE especially damaging aspect of the project in Cache Valley
LOGAN RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT (LRWP)
facilitates the complete take-over of our public river by Crockett canal company
ALERT!!!!!!!
LRWP INCLUDES PLANS TO CONVERT THE public's Little Logan River into a canal.
Mother nature no longer has control of the Little Logan River if the LRWP proceeds.
As little as 10 inches of lowering would disconnect the rivers from one another.
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| Map of the Island between the two rivers of Logan, Utah. These are the North Branch and South Branch. Both were renamed. The changes planned at the east tip of the Island are discussed below. |
That would effectively capture the Little Logan River and convert it into a canal.
We made a model to help you visualize what is planned.
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| Current conditions shown in a simple model. Both rivers deepen to the left, and water flows from right to left. At the east tip of the Island, in River Hollow park, the Logan River splits into its two branches. The North Branch is now called the Little Logan River. Both are true rivers. North is at top right. River water naturally flows into the Little Logan River all year at the branch point upstream of the Crockett structure. .....The Little Logan River will be physically disconnected form other other parts of the Logan River UNLESS an inflatable dam- that is completely under the control of canal companies-is in a raised condition........ |
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| Geometry of the east tip of the Island AFTER the structure is rebuilt with a lower crest/and or dredging occurs in the Logan River above Crockett structure. That combination of processes will position the main Logan River below the intake of the Little Logan River (blue). The Little Logan River becomes completely HIGH AND DRY. IT becomes dependent on canal company largess and irrigation water. Only exceedingly high floods will continue to enter the Little Logan River naturally. The plan to lower the crest of Crockett/or to dredge the river bed will effectively convert the Little Logan River into a canal. This massive implication is not mentioned or explained in the DEIS. Effectively, it is "hidden" from everyone-- except experts with intimate knowledge of the geometry of the rivers. DISCUSSION of the plan:Those plans to capture the LLR are not explained in the DEIS. The implication of lower the crest of the Crockett structure is clear to our science and engineering team BECAUSE WE HAVE MONITORED THE RIVER all year round. The general public will not understand that their natural river is being captured when the plan merely reports "lower crest elevation" of the Crockett structure. Was this omission deliberate?A prior plan published in late 2024 also failed to reveal the dire consequences of the plan to"remove the Crockett structure".Both omissions hid the destructive plan from the public: A public's Little Logan River would become a high and dry ditch that is fully reliant on the largess of canal companies for any water flowing in it channel. |
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| Close up of the "High and Dry condition" of the Little Logan River after the LRWP is done destroying Cache Valley's natural river. This will effectively convert the river owned by the public into a canal. Canals can be modified pretty much at will. Do you want the natural river flowing through Merlin Olsen Park-River Hollow Park-Jen Johansen Park, Logan high, Kilowatt park, Fairgrounds, willow park, zoo, Garth wayside park, Pioneer park? Do you want the river to be controlled even more by canal companies? If not, please comment on the DEIS. find out more and how to comment here Under the guise of protecting 28 homes from a possible flood, sponsors plan to dredge the Logan River upstream of the Crockett structure AND to lower the crest of the structure. Both actions could convert the river into a canal. Lowering the crest elevation on the Crockett structure as little as 10 inches will destroy our natural river. As little as 10 inches of dredging could eliminate the Little Logan River's natural connection to river water, preventing river water and natural biota like fish from entering the river . Field work by our Two River coalition members shows that the Little Logan River's natural inflow of water in the winter is low, due to construction after flood damage in the 1980s. Winter inflows are often as low as 10 inches deep. Now the sponsors of the LRWP are designing structures to remove that 10 inches of winter inflow. IF this project proceeds, Mother Nature will lose control over the inflow and canal companies will do whatever they wish with our amazing Little Logan River. The DEIS reports the intention to "lower the crest elevation" of Crockett structure in at least 5-10 places. |
