Hellsgate Big Game Winter Range Wildlife Mitigation Project : Annual Report 2008.

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/961805· OSTI ID:961805

Whitney, Richard P; Berger, Matthew T; Rushing, Samuel; Peone, Cory

The Hellsgate Big Game Winter Range Wildlife Mitigation Project (Hellsgate Project) was proposed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR) as partial mitigation for hydropower's share of the wildlife losses resulting from Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. At present, the Hellsgate Project protects and manages 57,418 acres (approximately 90 miles2) for the biological requirements of managed wildlife species; most are located on or near the Columbia River (Lake Rufus Woods and Lake Roosevelt) and surrounded by Tribal land. To date we have acquired about 34,597 habitat units (HUs) towards a total 35,819 HUs lost from original inundation due to hydropower development. In addition to the remaining 1,237 HUs left unmitigated, 600 HUs from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife that were traded to the Colville Tribes and 10 secure nesting islands are also yet to be mitigated. This annual report for 2008 describes the management activities of the Hellsgate Big Game Winter Range Wildlife Mitigation Project (Hellsgate Project) during the past year.

• Research Organization: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Portland, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 961805
• Report Number(s): P110044
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COLUMBIA RIVER
DAMS
HABITAT
LAKES
MANAGEMENT
MITIGATION