Albeni Falls Wildlife Protection, Mitigation, and Enhancement Plan, Final Report 1987.

• Main Author: Martin, Robert C.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; DAMS; CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; MITIGATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POWER GENERATION; REGULATIONS; COMPLIANCE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVALUATION; IDAHO; LAKES; RIVERS; WILD ANIMALS; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY SOURCES; FEDERAL REGION X; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; STREAMS; SURFACE WATERS; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; Canada; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6675363; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6675363; https://doi.org/10.2172/6675363

A wildlife impact assessment and mitigation plan has been developed for the US Army Corps of Engineers Albeni Falls Project in northern Idaho. The Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) was used to evaluate pre- and post-construction habitat conditions at the Albeni Falls Project. There were 6617 acres of wetlands converted to open water due to development and operation of the project. Eight evaluation species were selected with impacts expressed in numbers of Habitat Units (HU's). For a given species, one HU is equivalent to one acre of prime habitat. The Albeni Falls Project resulted in estimated losses of 5985 mallard HU's, 4699 Canada goose HU's, 3379 redhead HU's, 4508 breeding bald eagle HU's, 4365 wintering bald eagle HU's, 2286 black-capped chickadee HU's, 1680 white-tailed deer HU's, and 1756 muskrat HU's. The yellow warbler gained 71 HU's. Therefore, total target species estimated impacts were 28,587 HU's. Impacts on peregrine falcons were not quantified in terms of HU's. Projects have been proposed by an interagency team of biologists to mitigate the impacts of Albeni Falls on wildlife. The HEP was used to estimate benefits of proposed mitigation projects to target species. Through a series of proposed protection and enhancement actions, the mitigation plan will provide benefits of an estimated 28,590 target species HU's to mitigate Albeni Falls wildlife habitat values lost. 52 refs., 9 figs., 14 tabs.