Libby Dam Project: an ex-post facto analysis of selected environmental impacts, mitigation commitments, recreation usage and hydroelectric power production. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6602469

Ciliberti, Jr, V A

Water impoundment projects generally impact the river below the dam. Frequently the construction contract provides for mitigation of adverse impacts. The Libby Project, authorized primarily for hydro-electric power generation and flood control and to provide navigation and recreation as secondary benefits, caused the inundation of a big-game winter range, the relocation of a railroad and a highway in addition to damming a river. The Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the Montana Department of Fish and Game and others engaged in a number of wildlife mitigation projects.

• Research Organization: Montana State Univ., Bozeman (USA). Water Resources Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6602469
• Report Number(s): PB-80-200090
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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