Wildlife Protection, Mitigation, and Enhancement Plans, Anderson Ranch and Black Canyon Facilities: Final Report.

• Main Author: Meuleman, G. Allyn
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HABITAT; MITIGATION; WILD ANIMALS; COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN; DAMS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; IDAHO; PLANNING; WATER RESERVOIRS; FEDERAL REGION X; NORTH AMERICA; POWER PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; USA; Canada; Pacific; Black Canyon; Canada Goose; peregrine falcon
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5494169; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5494169; https://doi.org/10.2172/5494169

Under direction of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, and the subsequent Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, projects have been developed in Idaho to mitigate the impacts to wildlife habitat and production due to the development and operation of the Anderson Ranch and Black Canyon Facilities (i.e., dam, power plant, and reservoir areas). The Anderson Ranch Facility covered about 4812 acres of wildlife habitat while the Black Canyon Facility covered about 1115 acres. These acreages include dam and power plant staging areas. A separate mitigation plan has been developed for each facility. A modified Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) was used to assess the benefits of the mitigation plans to wildlife. The interagency work group used the target species Habitat Units (HU's) lost at each facility as a guideline during the mitigation planning process, while considering the needs of wildlife in the areas. Totals of 9619 and 2238 target species HU's were estimated to be lost in the Anderson Ranch and Black Canyon Facility areas, respectively. Through a series of projects, the mitigation plans will provide benefits of 9620 target species HU's to replace Anderson Ranch wildlife impacts and benefits of 2195 target species HU's to replace Black Canyon wildlife impacts. Target species to be benefited by the Anderson Ranch and/or Black Canyon mitigation plans include the mallard, Canada goose, mink, yellow warbler, black-capped chickadee, ruffed grouse, mule deer, blue grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, ring-necked pheasant, and peregrine falcon.