Middle Fork and Upper Salmon River Habitat Improvement Implementation Plan, FY 1988-1992.

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5134058· OSTI ID:5134058

Andrews, John; Everson, Larry B

This document presents an implementation plan for completing the phase II portion of the Middle Fork and Upper Salmon River Habitat Improvement Agreement. Underseeding of spawning adult salmon and steelhead, high instream sediment levels, a lack of habitat diversity in the form of overhanging riparian vegetation and edge, and barriers to both adult and juvenile anadromous fish migration were identified as the principal factors limiting anadromous fish production in the project area. Underseeding is being addressed in other projects sponsored and funded by the Bonneville Power Administration while this implementation plan lays out a schedule for resolving the other identified limiting factors. The primary goal of this program is to increase the quality and quantity of anadromous fish habitat (spring chinook and summer steelhead) with an emphasis on the survival of the wild stocks. This goal will be achieved by reducing the impact of sediment loading, improving riparian vegetation, eliminating passage barriers, and increasing habitat diversity. Meeting the above goal will provide off-site mitigation under the manadate of the pacific northwest electric power planning and conservation act of 1980. Project implementation will follow measures in the Northwest Power Council's Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Program. 9 refs., 3 figs., 5 tabs.

• Research Organization: Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG)
• Sponsoring Organization: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
• DOE Contract Number: AI79-84BP17579
• OSTI ID: 5134058
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-17579-1; ON: DE88008500
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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