Fish passage and protective facilities, Yakima River basin, Washington: Environmental assessment

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5190855

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), propose to administer the construction of fish passage and protective facilities at 20 existing irrigation and/or hydroelectric diversions in the Yakima River basin, Washington, for the improvement of anadromous fish populations. This action would implement the Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program for natural propagation activities to mitigate hydroelectric impacts in the Yakima basin and to provide offsite enhancement to compensate for fish and wildlife losses caused by hydroelectric project development and operations throughout the Columbia River basin. The Yakima River basin is located in south-central Washington (see frontispiece map) and drains an area of about 6000 square miles. The basin centers around the city of Yakima and includes most of Yakima, Kittitas, and Benton Counties. The Yakima River heads near the eastern crest of the Cascade Range and flows generally southeastward for over 200 miles to its confluence with the Columbia River near Richland. Major tributaries include the Kachess, Cle Elum, and Teanaway Rivers and the Naches River, which has several major tributaries of its own--the Bumping, American, and Tieton Rivers. Ahtanum, Toppenish, and Satus Creeks join the Yakima River in the lower part of the basin. Natural runoff for the basin above Parker (Sunnyside Diversion Dam) averaged about 3.5 million acre-feet annually for the period 1940-1976. 21 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, ID (USA). Pacific Northwest Region
• OSTI ID: 5190855
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0250; ON: DE88008264
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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13 HYDRO ENERGY
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANADROMOUS FISHES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
CONSTRUCTION
CULTURAL RESOURCES
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEDERAL REGION X
FISH PASSAGE FACILITIES
FISHES
HABITAT
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
MITIGATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
OPTIMIZATION
POWER
REMEDIAL ACTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESOURCES
US DOE
US DOI
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
VERTEBRATES
WASHINGTON
WATER QUALITY