Connecticut River Basin Fish Passage Facilities for Townshend and Ball Mountain Lakes, West River, Vermont.

This study evaluated alternative measures to allow Atlantic salmon to bypass Townshend and Ball Mountain Lakes, developed a plan to provide the required passage and prepared a report outlining the scope, cost, and impacts of such a plan. Possible alternatives were formulated and evaluated at study t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: CORPS OF ENGINEERS WALTHAM MA NEW ENGLAND DIV
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Economics and Cost Analysis
Biology
*BARRIERS
*FISHES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
TEAMS(PERSONNEL)
GATES(CIRCUITS)
RIVERS
BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
STREAMS
ATLANTIC SALMON
DAM
Weir
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA336696
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA336696
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Summary:This study evaluated alternative measures to allow Atlantic salmon to bypass Townshend and Ball Mountain Lakes, developed a plan to provide the required passage and prepared a report outlining the scope, cost, and impacts of such a plan. Possible alternatives were formulated and evaluated at study team meetings, from which a recommended plan was developed to provide the following: (1) construction of a fish barrier and in stream trap downstream of Townshend Lake, (2) modifying the current operation of flow releases at Ball Mountain Lake to provide a 25 foot pool from the end of the last weekend in April to June 1, (3) automating one of the gates to facilitate the maintenance of a 25 foot pool at Ball Mountain Lake, and (4) modifying the outlet structure at Townshend Lake by notching the weir and providing a splash pool at the foot of the outlet weir to allow for downstream passage of smolts. The total project cost is estimated at $1,285,000. This study recommends that the fish passage facilities presented in this report be approved.

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