Wildlife Protection, Mitigation, and Enhancement Plan, Palisades Project: Final Report.

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6530537· OSTI ID:6530537

Meuleman, G Allyn

Under direction of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 and the subsequent Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, projects have been developed in Idaho and Wyoming to mitigate the losses of wildlife habitat and annual production due to the development and operation of the Palisades Project. A modified Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) was used to assess the benefits of the preferred mitigation plan to wildlife. The interagency work group used the target species Habitat Units (HU's) lost with inundation of the reservoir area as a guideline during the mitigation planning process, while considering needs of wildlife in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. A total of 37,068 HU's were estimated to be lost as a result of the inundation of the Palisades Reservoir area. Through a series of protection/enhancement projects, the preferred mitigation plan will provide benefits of an estimated 37,066 HU's. Target species to be benefited by this mitigation plan include bald eagle, mule deer, elk, mallard, Canada goose, mink, yellow warbler, black-capped chickadee, ruffed grouse, and peregrine falcon.

• Research Organization: Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG)
• Sponsoring Organization: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
• DOE Contract Number: AI79-86BP62775
• OSTI ID: 6530537
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-62775-1; ON: DE87009911
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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