Wildlife Protection, Mitigation, and Enhancement Planning Phase I, Dworshak Reservoir, Final Report.

• Main Author: Hansen, H. Jerome
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HABITAT; REMOVAL; POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; WATER RESERVOIRS; CONSTRUCTION; BEARS; BIRDS; BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION; DAMS; DEER; GEESE; IDAHO; OTTERS; PROGRESS REPORT; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; ANIMALS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENGINEERING; FEDERAL REGION X; FOWL; MAMMALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; RUMINANTS; SURFACE WATERS; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; VERTEBRATES; Canada; Pacific; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6199948; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6199948; https://doi.org/10.2172/6199948

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, impacts to wildlife due to the development and operation of the US Army Corps of Engineers Dworshak Project have been examined. Using existing information, it has been determined that the project has resulted in the loss of 15,316 acres of elk habitat, 15,286 acres of white-tailed deer habitat, 16,986 acres of black bear habitat, 14,776 acres of ruffed grouse habitat, 13,616 acres of pileated woodpecker habitat, and 66 acres of yellow warbler habitat (scrub-shrub/red alder). Acreages of mallard, Canada goose, river otter, and beaver habitat could not be determined from existing information. The interagency work group has recommended that a HEP (Habitat Evaluation Procedure) be used to determine changes in the quantity and quality of target species habitat in the study area, due to the development and operation of Dworshak Reservoir. 60 refs., 3 figs., 6 tabs.