Kootenai River Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project : Long-term Bighorn Sheep/Mule Deer Winter and Spring Habitat Improvement Project : Wildlife Mitigation Project, Libby Dam, Montana : Management Plan.
The Libby hydroelectric project, located on the Kootenai River in northwestern Montana, resulted in several impacts to the wildlife communities which occupied the habitats inundated by Lake Koocanusa. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, in cooperation with the other management agencies, developed an impact assessment and a wildlife and wildlife habitat mitigation plan for the Libby hydroelectric facility. In response to the mitigation plan, Bonneville Power Administration funded a cooperative project between the Kootenai National Forest and Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to develop a long-term habitat enhancement plan for the bighorn sheep and mule deer winter and spring ranges adjacent to Lake Koocanusa. The project goal is to rehabilitate 3372 acres of bighorn sheep and 16,321 acres of mule deer winter and spring ranges on Kootenai National Forest lands adjacent to Lake Koocanusa and to monitor and evaluate the effects of implementing this habitat enhancement work. 2 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Montana Dept. of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Libby, MT (USA); Forest Service, Libby, MT (USA). Kootenai National Forest
- Sponsoring Organization:
- United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
- DOE Contract Number:
- BI79-84BP18965; BI79-87BP36136
- OSTI ID:
- 6823352
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-36136-1; ON: DE91000805
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
SHEEP
COST
MONITORING
MONTANA
PINES
PLANNING
PLANTS
PUBLIC LANDS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
WILD ANIMALS
ANIMALS
CONIFERS
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
FEDERAL REGION VIII
MAMMALS
NORTH AMERICA
PINOPHYTA
POWER PLANTS
RUMINANTS
TREES
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Wildlife habitat improvement - Montana
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540250 - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)