Duck Valley Habitat Enhancement and Protection, 2000 Annual Report.
- Shoshone-Paiute Nation, Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Owyhee, NV
The Duck Valley Indian Reservations' Habitat Enhancement project is an ongoing project designed to enhance and protect the critical riparian areas, natural springs, and native fish spawning areas on the Reservation. The project was begun in 1997 with the hiring of a fisheries biologist and the creation of a new department for the Tribes. The project's goals are to protect and enhance the springs, Owyhee River, its tributaries, and to develop a database that can be used by other fisheries professionals which includes information on water quality and fish composition, health, abundance, and genetic makeup. One habitat portion of the project is a focus on protection the numerous springs that provide clean, cool water to the Owyhee River. This will be accomplished through enclosure fences of the spring heads and water troughs to provide clean cool drinking water for wildlife and livestock. Another habitat portion of the project involves protecting headwater areas of streams with native fish populations. This is accomplished through enclosure fencing and riparian plantings on any eroded or degraded banks in the enclosure area. Finally, we monitor and evaluate the areas protected and enhanced. This is accomplished through biological sampling for temperature, Oxygen, sedimentation, and measurements of water depth, bank height and undercut, and width of stream. With the habitat and biological indices we will be able to evaluate how well protective measures are doing, and where to focus future efforts.
- Research Organization:
- Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- United States. Department of Energy.
- DOE Contract Number:
- 00004821
- OSTI ID:
- 803580
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-00004821-1; TRN: US200302%%292
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ABUNDANCE
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
DRINKING WATER
FISHERIES
GENETICS
HABITAT
MONITORS
OXYGEN
SAMPLING
SEDIMENTATION
VALLEYS
WATER
WATER QUALITY
FISH HABITAT IMPROVEMENT - DUCK VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION (IDAHO AND NEV.)
STREAM CONSERVATION - OWYHEE RIVER WATERSHED.