Issue Backgrounder : Downstream Fish Migration : Improving the Odds of Survival.

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5721349· OSTI ID:5721349

United States. Bonneville Power Administration.

Background information is given on the problems caused to anadromous fish migrations, especially salmon and steelhead trout, by the development of hydroelectric power dams on the Columbia River and its tributaries. Programs arising out of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and conservation Act of 1980 to remedy these problems and restore fish and wildlife populations are described. (ACR)

• Research Organization: USDOE Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR
• OSTI ID: 5721349
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-441; ON: DE85013838
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Issue backgrounder Environment and power
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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13 HYDRO ENERGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
ANADROMOUS FISHES
MIGRATION
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
DAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
MITIGATION
SALMON
TROUT
WATER RESERVOIRS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
FISHES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POWER PLANTS
SURFACE WATERS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES
Fishes - Conservation - Columbia River Watershed
130600* - Hydro Energy- Environmental Aspects
520500 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)
290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment
Health
& Safety