Idaho Habitat Evaluation for Off-Site Mitigation Record : Annual Report 1988.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) has been monitoring and evaluating existing and proposed habitat improvement projects for steelhead and chinook in the Clearwater and Salmon subbasins since 1984. Projects included in the monitoring are funded by, or proposed for funding by, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) under the Northwest Power Planning Act as off-site mitigation for downstream hydropower development on the Snake and Columbia Rivers. This monitoring project is also funded under the same authority. A mitigation record is being developed to use actual and potential increases in smolt production as the best measures of benefit from a habitat improvement project. This project is divided into two subprojects: general and intensive monitoring. Primary objectives of the general monitoring subproject are to determine natural production increases due to habitat improvement projects in terms of parr production and to determine natural production status and trends in Idaho. The second objective is accomplished by combining parr density from monitoring and evaluation of BPA habitat projects and from other IDFG management and research activities. The primary objective of the intensive monitoring subproject is to determine the relationships between spawning escapement, parr production, and smolt production in two Idaho streams; the upper Salmon River and Crooked River. Results of the intensive monitoring will be used to estimate mitigation benefits in terms of smolt production and to interpret natural production monitoring in Idaho. 30 refs., 19 figs., 34 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- BI79-84BP13381
- OSTI ID:
- 6568734
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-13381-5; ON: DE91000756
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Idaho Habitat/Natural Production Monitoring, Part II: Intensive Monitoring Subproject : Annual Progress Report 1990.
Idaho Habitat Evaluation for Off-Site Mitigation Record : Annual Report 1987.
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HABITAT
OPTIMIZATION
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
SALMON
TROUT
AGE GROUPS
ANADROMOUS FISHES
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL REGION X
IDAHO
MITIGATION
MONITORING
PROGRESS REPORT
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY SOURCES
FISHES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
POWER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
VERTEBRATES
Fish habitat improvement - Idaho - Clearwater River Watershed
130600* - Hydro Energy- Environmental Aspects
540350 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)