Impact Mitigation and Monitoring of the BPA 500 KV Garrison-Taft Transmission Line : Effects on Elk Security and Hunter Opportunity : Annual Progress Report for 1986.
The objectives were: (1) to determine the effectiveness of the mitigation measures employed in the Garrison-Taft Project to minimize impacts on elk; (2) to determine the nature and magnitude of the Project impacts on elk summer-fall habitat use, distribution, use of security areas, and harvest, with emphasis on the adult male segment of the population; (3) to identify and recommend protection for important elk security areas remaining in areas adjacent to the Project; (4) to assess Project impacts on hunter opportunity and on hunters' perceptions of hunting as related to the transmission line, right-of-way, and road systems; (5) to reduce to the extent possible the net Project impacts on elk and elk hunter opportunity; and (6) to determine appropriate measures for offsetting unmitigated impacts. This involved assessing Project-caused changes along the entire route and comparing these with documented impacts on elk and elk hunting within the study areas.
- Research Organization:
- Montana Dept. of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI79-84BP16380
- OSTI ID:
- 5830098
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-16380-2; ON: DE87014303
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted; Related Information: Elk Monitoring and Mitigation Project 1986 Annual Progress Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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