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Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Report; Calispell Creek Project, Technical Report 2004-2005.
2005 Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) Report for the Calispell Creek Project
Habitat Evaluation Procedures Report
Entz, Ray
Plants
Management
Wetlands
Geese
Habitat
Deer
Rangelands
54 Environmental Sciences
13 Hydro Energy
Streams
Evaluation
On July 13, 2004, the Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) was used to determine baseline habitat suitability on the Calispell Creek property, an acquisition completed by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians in February 2004. Evaluation species and appropriate models include Canada goose, mallard, muskrat, yellow warbler, and white-tailed deer. Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) values were visually estimated and agreed upon by all HEP team members. The Calispell Creek Project provides a total of 138.17 Habitat Units (HUs) for the species evaluated. Emergent wetland habitat provides 5.16 HUs for mallard and muskrat. Grassland provides 132.02 HUs for mallard and Canada goose. Scrub-shrub vegetation provides 0.99 HUs for yellow warbler and white-tailed deer. The objective of using HEP at the Calispell Creek Project and other protected properties is to document the quality and quantity of available habitat for selected wildlife species. In this way, HEP provides information on the relative value of the same area at future points in time so that the effect of management activities on wildlife habitat can be quantified. When combined with other tools, the baseline HEP will be used to determine the most effective on-site management, restoration, and enhancement actions to increase habitat suitability for targeted species. The same process will be replicated every five years to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of management strategies in improving and maintaining habitat conditions while providing additional crediting to BPA for enhanced habitat values.
United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
United States. Department of Energy.
2005-02-01
Report
23 pages
Text
rep-no: DOE/BP-00004604-4
doi: 10.2172/946836
osti: 946836
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United States - Washington - Pend Oreille County