Pend Oreille Wetlands Wildlife Mitigation Project Management Plan for the "Dilling Addition".

• Main Author: Entz, Ray D.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION; BREEDING; FLUCTUATIONS; FORESTS; HABITAT; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; RECOMMENDATIONS; RIVERS; WATER; WETLANDS; Canada; Indian; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/961861; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/961861; https://doi.org/10.2172/961861

This report is a recommendation from the Kalispel Tribe to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority (CBFWA) for management of the Pend Oreille Wetland Wildlife Mitigation project II (Dilling Addition) for the extensive habitat losses caused by Albeni Falls Dam on Kalispel Ceded Lands. Albeni Falls Dam is located on the Pend Oreille River near the Washington-Idaho border, about 25 miles upstream of the Kalispel Indian Reservation. The dam controls the water level on Lake Pend Oreille. The lake was formerly the center of subsistence use by the Kalispel Tribe. Flooding of wetlands, and water fluctuations both on the lake and downstream on the river, has had adverse impacts to wildlife and wildlife habitat. An extensive process was followed to formulate and prioritize wildlife resource goals. The Kalispel Natural Resource Department provided guidance in terms of opportunities onsite. To prioritize specific goals, the Albeni Falls Interagency Work Group and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority Wildlife Caucus were consulted. From this process, the top priority goal for the Kalispel Tribe is: Protect and develop riparian forest and shrub, and freshwater wetlands, to mitigate losses resulting from reservoir inundation and river level fluctuations due to Albeni Falls Dam. Indicator species used to determine the initial construction/inundation loses and mitigation project gains include Bald Eagle (breeding and wintering), Black-capped Chickadee, Canada Goose, Mallard, muskrat, white-tailed deer, and Yellow Warbler.