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

Technical Report · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

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

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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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