wildlife, aquatic biology and water quality, recreation, and land use. In particular, a reservoir at Dinkey Creek would fundamentally alter the existing recreation-based community."https://www.usbr.gov/mp/sccao/storage/docs/phase1_rpt_fnl/tech_app/02_dinkey_creek.pdf Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation, Dinkey Creek Reservoir - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Jun 13, 2002 "...adverse impacts to fisheries and fishing-oriented recreation resources. A reduction in flow, particularly during spring and summer when rainbow trout are spawning and the young are growing, could affect physical habitat availability. Changes in water temperature below the dam could adversely impact trout and the dam would impede migration." Retrieved 2019-03-23
