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Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Report : Grand Coulee Dam Mitigation, 1996-1999 Technical Report.

Description: The purpose of this Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) study was to determine baseline habitat units and to estimate future habitat units for Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) mitigation projects on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The mitigation between BPA and the Spokane Tribe of Indians (STOI) is for wildlife habitat losses on account of the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. Analysis of the HEP survey data will assist in mitigation crediting and appropriate management of the mitigation … more
Date: July 1, 1999
Creator: Kieffer, B.; Singer, Kelly & Abrahamson, Twa-le
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Socioeconomic effects of power marketing alternatives for the Central Valley and Washoe Projects: 2005 regional econmic impact analysis using IMPLAN

Description: The Western Area Power Administration (Western) was founded by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 to market and transmit federal hydroelectric power in 15 western states outside the Pacific Northwest, which is served by the Bonneville Power Administration. Western is divided into four independent Customer Service Regions including the Sierra Nevada Region (Sierra Nevada), the focus of this report. The Central Valley Project (CVP) and the Washoe Project provide the primary power r… more
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Anderson, D. M.; Godoy-Kain, P.; Gu, A. Y. & Ulibarri, C. A.
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Operating Years 1993 Through 1995 Power Purchases : Final Environmental Assessment.

Description: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is obligated to supply electric power to its contractual customers. Based on a forecast of growing customer loads and assuming Critical Period water conditions in the Columbia River Basin, BPA is planning to meet a firm energy deficit during the four operating years (OY) 1992 through 1995, i.e., August 1991 through July 1995. BPA has executed several power purchase agreements to cover the projected OY 1992 deficit. The proposed action is to extend two exist… more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resource Programs : Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, Appendices.

Description: Every two years, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) prepares a Resource Program which identifies the resource actions BPA will take to meet its obligation to serve the forecasted power requirements of its customers. The Resource Program`s Environmental Impact Statement (RPEIS) is a programmatic environmental document which will support decisions made in several future Resource Programs. Environmental documents tiered to the EIS may be prepared on a site-specific basis. The RPEIS includes a d… more
Date: March 1, 1992
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SURPH 2.1; SURvival Under Proportional Hazards, Techncial Manual 2003.

Description: This document is primarily a description of the user interface for SURPH2.1. It is not a description of the statistical theory and calculations behind SURPH. The best source for that information is the SURPH.1 manual. This document describes the user interface to SURPH 2.1. The format of the input data file has been changed since SURPH 1.0 and SURPH 2.0 to make it simpler and more intuitive. A conversion program to convert a data file from previous versions of SURPH to the input data file forma… more
Date: July 1, 2003
Creator: Lady, James; Westhagen, Peter & Skalski, John
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1992 Conversion Resources Supply Document

Description: In recent years conservation of electric power has become an integral part of utility planning. The 1980 Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) requires that the region consider conservation potential in planning acquisitions of resources to meet load growth. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) developed its first estimates of conservation potential in 1982. Since that time BPA has updated its conservation supply analyses as a part of its Reso… more
Date: March 1, 1992
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Puget Sound Reinforcement Project : Planning for Peak Power Needs : Scoping Report, Part A, Summary of Public Comments.

Description: This report summarizes public participation in the environmental scoping process for the Puget Sound Reinforcement Project, a Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Puget Sound area utilities study of voltage stability in northwestern Washington state. The environmental scoping phase of the Puget Sound project consisted of a series of public meetings and a public comment period. The content of these meetings is summarized in 2.0, Public Involvement. In 3.0, Comment Summary, the report summar… more
Date: July 1, 1990
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lower Yakima Valley Wetlands and Riparian Restoration Project. Final Environmental Assessment.

Description: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to fund that portion of the Washington Wildlife Mitigation Agreement pertaining to the Lower Yakima Valley Wetlands and Riparian Restoration Project (Project) in a cooperative effort with the Yakama Indian Nation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The proposed action would allow the sponsors to secure property and conduct wildlife management activities for the Project within the boundaries of the Yakama Indian Reservation. This Environmental A… more
Date: October 1, 1994
Creator: Administration, United States. Bonneville Power
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Umatilla River Basin Fish Habitat Enhancement : FY 1991 Annual Report.

Description: During the summer of 1991, construction continued on the Bonneville Power Administration funded anadromous fish habitat enhancement project in the Umatilla River sub-basin, Umatilla County, State of Oregon. 1991 was the final year of this five year project. Work started in May 1 and ended on November 31. Preconstruction activity consisted of final layout and design of the project, movement of approximately 600 cubic yards of large boulders and 12 log trucks loads of woody material to the constr… more
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Northrop, Michael
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Coded Wire Tag Program; Oregon Stock Assessment, Annual Report 2002.

Description: This annual report is in fulfillment of contract obligations with Bonneville Power Administration which is the funding source for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife project 'Annual Stock Assessment - Coded Wire Tag Program (ODFW)'. Results for the 2002 contract period: Objective 1 - Over 1 million juvenile salmon were coded-wire by this program (Table 1). This accounted for about 20% of the fish ODFW coded-wire tagged in 2002 for release in the Columbia Basin; Objective 2 - ODFW recover… more
Date: March 1, 2003
Creator: Lewis, Mark; Mallette, Christine & Murray, William
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Report; Forrest Conservation Area, Technical Report 2003-2004.

Description: The Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) study was performed to determine baseline habitat units on the 4,232-acre Forrest Conservation Area managed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (Tribe) in Grant County, Oregon. The habitat evaluation is required as part of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs and Bonneville Power Administration. Representatives from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Tribes conducte… more
Date: January 1, 2005
Creator: Smith, Brent
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Audit of Bonneville Power Administration`s management of Information Resources

Description: Bonneville Power Administration`s (Bonneville) information resources include computer-related equipment, spare parts, and computer software. The objective of this audit was to determine whether Bonneville acquired and accounted for computer-related equipment properly. We found positive aspects in Bonneville`s management of computer-related equipment. However, improvements could be made in implementing credit card and property procedures. Specifically, we found that improvements were needed to (… more
Date: April 2, 1996
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests with a line-commutated converter as a variable inductive load on the Bonneville Power Administration transmission system

Description: A twelve-pulse, line-commutated converter, with a steady-state rating of 2.5 kV and 5.5 kA, formerly used for charging and discharging a superconducting magnet, was reconfigured as a static reactive power load. Tests staged at the Tacoma, WA, substation of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) revealed that the converter could be used as a variable inductive load, provided a stable current controller was installed. The unit was modulated as a variable VAR load following a sinusoidal VAR dem… more
Date: January 1, 1986
Creator: Boenig, H. J.; Hauer, J. F. & Nielsen, R. G.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Report; Yakama Nation Wildlife Management Areas, Technical Report 1999-2000.

Description: Construction of the Dalles, Bonneville, McNary, and John Day Dams on the Columbia River by the federal government resulted in a substantial loss of riparian bottomland along the Columbia River. Impacts associated with the Mid-Columbia Projects were assessed for several wildlife species using the Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USDI-FWS 1980). The studies documented the loss of riparian habitat and established a baseline against which mitigati… more
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: Raedeke, Kenneth & Raedeke, Dorothy
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program - Entiat River Snorkel Surveys, 2006-2007.

Description: The USFWS Mid-Columbia River Fishery Resource Office conducted snorkel surveys at 11 sites during the summer 2006 survey period and at 15 sites during fall 2006 and winter 2007 survey periods as part of the Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program in the Entiat River. A total of 39,898 fish from 14 species/genera and an unknown category were enumerated. Chinook salmon were the overall most common fish observed and comprised 19% of fish enumerated followed by mountain whitefish (18… more
Date: October 1, 2007
Creator: Nelle, R.D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Review of BPA-Funded Anadromous Fish Projects, March 18-20, 1986, Holiday Inn Airport, Portland, Oregon.

Description: This report contains descriptions of projects specifically related to anadromous salmonids. They include projects in the following categories: (1) fish and wildlife projects in western Montana; (2) fish health and physiology; (3) habitat enhancement and passage improvement - Oregon I; (4) passage improvement and natural propagation - Washington; (5) habitat enhancement and passage improvements - Oregon II; (6) future hydroelectric assessments; (7) habitat enhancement and passage improvement - I… more
Date: February 1, 1986
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proceedings of the Columbia River Estuary Conference on Ecosystem Restoration.

Description: The 2008 Columbia River Estuary Conference was held at the Liberty Theater in Astoria, Oregon, on April 19-20. The conference theme was ecosystem restoration. The purpose of the conference was to exchange data and information among researchers, policy-makers, and the public, i.e., interrelate science with management. Conference organizers invited presentations synthesizing material on Restoration Planning and Implementation (Session 1), Research to Reduce Restoration Uncertainties (Session 2), … more
Date: August 2008
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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