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Energy Loop Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan Update Prepared By ENERGY LOOP SCENIC BYWAY CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE 2011 Energy Loop Scenic Byway Steering Committee: Jana Abrams, Energy Loop Scenic Byway Coordinator Bill Broadbear, US Forest Service Rosann Fillmore, US Forest Service Chanel Atwood, Castle Country Regional Information Center Tina Carter, Emery County Travel Bureau Kathy Hanna Smith, Carbon County Travel Bureau Kevin Christensen, Sanpete County Economic Development Mike McCandless, Emery County Economic Development Dan Richards, Utah State Parks Division Floyd Powell, Utah State Parks Division Nicole Nielson, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Dale Stapley, Utah Department of Transportation Kevin Nichol, Utah Department of Transportation Gael Duffy Hill, Utah Office ofTourism PREPARED BY Fehr& Peers Bonneville Research 2180 South 1300 East Suite 220 170 South Main Street, Suite 775 Salt Lake City_ Utah 84106 Salt Lake City_ Utah 84101 p 801.463.7600 p 801.364.5300 "--' ""'-' CONTENTS '-.~· ""-' 1: Executive Summary Commercial Truck Traffic 35 1 ""'-" ~ 2: Introduction 5 6: Highway Safety and Management 35 "--" Byway Corridor Description 5 Commuter Traffic 36 ""-" ~ Purpose of Corridor Management Plan 6 Tourism Traffic 36 '<../ Guiding Purpose 9 Highway Safety Management Strategies 41 '-" Mission and Vision Statement 9 7: Interpretation 45 '-.../ "'-' Demographic Summary 49 3: Byway Organizational Plan 9 ""-" Goals 10 Energy Loop Key Travel/Tourism Information 49 ~ Byway Committee 11 Location and Access 49 """ "'-" Byway Coordinator 12 8: Demographics and Economic Development 49 "'-/ "'-" Public Participation 12 Promotion of Loop Tours 53 ""'-' Assessment and Significance 15 Audience Potential 53 ~ 4: Resource and Intrinsic Quality 15 Changes Since 1999 55 ""' Recreation Resources 16 9: Byway Improvements and Implementation 55 "'-" Geologic, Paleontologic, and Hydrologic Resources 18 Proposed Projects for Implementation 56 ""' "'--' Vegetative Resources 20 Recent Developments in Scenic Byway Legislation 63 ......, Wildlife and Fish Resources 21 "'--' 10: Multilingual Accommodations 69 Visual Resources 22 ""-". Cultural and Historic Resources 23 11: Monitoring and Evaluation 70 ""' ""--' Industrial Resources 24 Monitoring and Evaluation 70 '--./ Agreements 31 Impact Assessment 70 "'-" ""-"' Land Status 31 Annual Byway Status 70 '--./ Regular Meetings 70 Governing Regulations 31 """' Natural Resources Organizational Review 71 ""-" 5: Resource Management and Protection 31 """-"' Cultural and Historic Resources 32 12: References 73 "'-' ""--' "--'' c FIGURES Figure 1: Corridor Boundary Map with Intrinsic Qualities and Land Uses 7 ,--­ \ Figure 2: Recreational Resources 26 Figure 3: Natural Resources 27 Figure 4: Mining Resources 28 Figure 5: Existing ADT and Truck Traffic 37 Figure 6: Existing Interpretive Sites 47 Figure 7: Potential Project Sites 66 TABLES Table ES-1: Summary of Potential Projects and Strategies 2 Table 4-1: Facilities by Location 17 Table 4-2: Trails 19 Table 6-1: UDOT Highway Safety Statistics from 2005-2007 39 Table 7-1: Interpretive Sites 46 Table 8-1: Demographic Summary 50 Table 8-2: Energy Loop Visitor Facilities 51 Table 8-3: Energy Loop Tourism Spending 52 Table 9-1: Summary of Potential Projects and Strategies 64 APPENDICES Utah County Letter of No Interest Resolution of Support from Byway Communities Summary of Public Involvement Activities c 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The goal of the Energy Loop Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan spreading the potential negative impacts of overuse while Update is to outline a broadly acceptable plan for the careful use and spreading the positive impacts of economic development management of the resources that make up the Energy Loop Scenic Byway. across the larger area. Together, this balance of protection Strategies within this plan identify important management issues that are and promotion must be maintained along the Energy Loop necessary to maintain its scenic, natural, historic, and recreational values and carried into the surrounding gateway communities for future generations to enjoy. Each community near the Byway has a role and natural areas. to play in this effort. Most importantly, we recognize that the Byway is a special place, a place many think of as their own backyard. This plan is to The previous Corridor Management Plan has been updated ensure that it stays this way. to help implement the resource management goals, safety and interpretive strategies, and economic initiatives The plan further outlines economic opportunities that combine the drawing created by the Energy Loop Scenic Byway Committee power of the Energy Loop Scenic Byway with the rich and distinctive and participating organizations and individuals. This plan resources found within the communities and surrounding resources of the provides an update to the status of land and natural four county region. Through a collaborative planning effort, the counties resources, existing and proposed interpretive features, of Carbon, Emery, Sanpete, and Utah have an opportunity to prepare their economic and demographic characteristics of the area, gateway communities and the cultural and natural resources surrounding and legislative concerns for scenic byways in Utah. the Byway into a comprehensive, coordinated tourism package for visitors to enjoy and appreciate. Anumberofmarketing, tourism and business development strategies are set forth in this document to complement the current Each community will determine its own approach to tourism development economic conditions of Carbon, Emery, Sanpete, and Utah Counties. Where but will communicate and combine efforts as part of a larger package with appropriate, recommendations are made for infrastructure improvements. the other areas, using the Energy Loop Scenic Byway as the transportation corridor that connects them. Development principles such as conservation, The 1999 Corridor Management Plan identified many new interpretive preservation, cultural sensitivity and responsible use of resources will kiosks that enhance visitor experience to the Energy Loop. This Corridor guide this effort. Management Plan update builds on those efforts, and identifies new interpretive and management ideas for implementation along the Energy This four-county strategy will provide a positive outcome for both the Loop. Additional suggestions for interpretation and marketing of the economy of gateway communities and the resources of the Byway and distinctive resources of the four county region are described in the plan. surrounding area. First, gateway communities will continue to benefit from This update also includes a section on highway safety and management, the projected economic impacts of invited guests purchasing amenities information on recent changes to Scenic Byway legislation in Utah, and such as lodging, food, fuel, gifts and specialized services. Second, through incorporates recommendations on integrating various Byway partners into cooperative planning and marketing of resources and services, the region future planning efforts. The following table provides a summary of the will provide for a diversity and density of experiences that will keep visitors recommendations included in this Corridor Management Plan. Proposed in the region longer and encourage return visitation. Third, the gateway project locations are identified in Figure 7. communities will help disperse use across the region, simultaneously TABLE ES-1: SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES ,-·--, Manti-La Sal National Forest, 16 Install parking diagrams at the Big Drift Energy Loop Scenic Byway Coordinator ENERGY LOOP CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN 0 0 c c ENERGY LOOP CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN 3 l: INTRODUCTION The Energy Loop Scenic Byway provides a unique and distinctive linkage BYWAY CORRIDOR between the historic, geological, and cultural makeup of central Utah. The Energy Loop encapsulates the marriage between the Byway's abundant DESCRIPTION natural resources and the mining and power plants located adjacent to the Working its way across the Wasatch Plateau, just west roadways. However, there are many other distinctive themes to explore of the San Rafael Swell and east of the Sanpete Valley, when visitors get out of their vehicles. travelers will find 101 miles of breathtaking roadway that make up the Energy Loop. The Byway traverses portions The Byway provides a scenic connection between the east and westside of the Manti-La Sal National Forest and provides visitors settlements of the Wasatch Plateau. On the eastern side of the plateau, with a tremendous diversity of scenic, geologic, historic, Byway travelers will drop down into communities that were settled cultural and recreational resources found few places in as part of the Mormon expansion decree, moving across the Wasatch the United States. The winding drive passes by reservoirs, Plateau eastward from Sanpete County. These communities started as lakes, and streams that not only provide tremendous early farming and ranching settlements, but became closely linked to recreational venues, but supply water to the valleys for coal mining, railroad transportation, and oil and gas production. Easily residential, industrial and agrarian use. representing the largest melting pot in Utah's early history, people from over 30 countries, including Greece, Italy, Mexico, Poland, China, Denmark, These canyons sustain a wide diversity of habitat types Britain, and Finland, came to this area to harvest the natural resources and wildlife species. Wildlife viewing is a popular pastime, found along
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