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Wildlife Protection, Mitigation, and Enhancment Plan: Minidoka Dam: Final Report.

A wildlife protection, mitigation, and enhancement plan has been developed for the US Bureau of Reclamation's Minidoka Dam and Reservoir in south-central Idaho. Specific objectives of this study included the following: Develop protection, mitigation, and enhancement goals and objectives for target wildlife species; identify potential protection, mitigation, and enhancement opportunities to achieve the mitigation objectives; and coordinate project activities with agencies, tribes, and the public… more

Date: April 1, 1991

Creator: Meuleman, G. Allyn; Martin, Robert C. & Hansen, H. Jerome

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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A review of proposed Glen Canyon Dam interim operating criteria

Three sets of interim operating criteria for Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River have been proposed for the period of November 1991, to the completion of the record of decision for the Glen Canyon Dam environmental impact statement (about 1993). These criteria set specific limits on dam releases, including maximum and minimum flows, up-ramp and down-ramp rates, and maximum daily fluctuation. Under the proposed interim criteria, all of these parameters would be reduced relative to historical o… more

Date: April 1, 1992

Creator: LaGory, K.; Hlohowskyj, I.; Tomasko, D.; Hayse, J. & Durham, L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Idaho Habitat Evaluation for Off-Site Mitigation Record : Annual Report 1987.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has been monitoring and evaluating existing and proposed habitat improvement projects for steelhead (Salmo gairdneri) and chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Clearwater and Salmon River drainages over the last four years. Projects included in the evaluation are funded by, or proposed for funding by, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) under the Northwest Power Planning Act as off-site mitigation for downstream hydropower development on th… more

Date: April 1988

Creator: Petrosky, Charles E. & Holubetz, Terry B.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Analysis of environmental issues related to small scale hydroelectric development. II. Design considerations for passing fish upstream around dams. Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 1567

The possible requirement of facilities to move migrating fish upstream around dams may be a factor in determining the feasibility of retrofitting small dams for hydroelectric generation. Basic design considerations are reported that should be evaluated on a site-specific basis if upstream fish passage facilities are being considered for a small scale hydroelectric project (defined as an existing dam that can be retrofitted to generate 25 MW or less). Information on general life history and geog… more

Date: August 1, 1980

Creator: Hildebrand, S.G. (ed.)

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Assessment of the Fishery Improvement Opportunities on the Pend Oreille River, 1988 Annual Report.

The purpose of this study is to assess the fishery improvement opportunities on the Box Canyon portion of the Pend Oreille River. This report contains the findings of the first year of the study. Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum)) and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss (Richardson)) were present in the Pend Oreille River prior to the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The river also contained native cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki (Richardson)), bull trout (Salvelinus confluent… more

Date: October 1, 1989

Creator: Barber, Michael R.; Willms, Roger A. & Scholz, Allan T.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Summary of Stock Identification Research on White Sturgeon of the Columbia River, 1985-1991 Final Report.

White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) are a long-lived, primitive fish species which forage primarily along the river bottom of large river systems in the Pacific Northwest. Historically, as an anadromous species, they could distribute downstream to feed in the rich estuary or marine areas and then migrate back up the river to spawn. With the historic river becoming a series of flooded impoundments, sturgeon were denied open river access, but they appear to have been able to adapt to the alt… more

Date: January 1, 1992

Creator: Setter, Ann L. & Brannon, E.L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Evaluation of Low-Cost Salmon Production Facility, 1987 Annual Report.

Activities of the study include investigating the potential for community involvement; evaluating natural outmigration of smolts; providing cumulative production of quality salmon; aiding in development of optimum density levels in earthen rearing ponds; and augmenting a unique ''known stock'' fishery. The coded-wire tagging program was continued to aid in the accomplishment of the objectives. Monitoring of downstream smolt migration from CEDC release sites continued. Data collected is beginnin… more

Date: February 1, 1988

Creator: Hill, James M. & Olson, Ted

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Dworshak Reservoir Investigations: Trout, Bass and Forage Species, 1988 Annual Report.

For the period March 1988 through February 1989, an estimated 154,558 angler-hours were expended to catch 20,037 rainbow trout, 3,933 smallmouth bass, and 14 bull trout. Estimated catch of other species, including cutthroat trout, whitefish, suckers, and squawfish totalled 84. Subcatchable rainbow trout (135 to 185mm) caught and released by boat anglers comprised 53% (12,770) of the total catch. An estimated 88.6% of the smallmouth bass caught were under the minimum legal size limit of 305mm an… more

Date: July 1, 1989

Creator: Statler, David P.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Shawmut hydroelectric redevelopment project. Final technical and construction cost report

This report describes the major steps undertaken by the Central Maine Power Company to redevelop an old existing lowhead (19 to 23 ft) hydroelectric station and, at the same time, demonstrate the commercial viability of such a venture. The report addresses the process of site selection, preliminary conceptual design for determining economic viability, licensing and the regulatory process, final design, and project construction with the objective of presenting to the reader a technical and econo… more

Date: August 1, 1982

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Electrolysis-based hydrogen storage systems. Annual report, January 1, 1978-December 31, 1978

Contract management, technical monitoring and in-house research conducted by Brookhaven National Laboratory for the US Department of Energy, Division of Energy Storage as described. The status of each project within four major areas of investigation is summarize. Activities deal with: (1) Electrolytic Production of Hydrogen; (2) Hydrogen Storage Systems; (3) Hydrogen Storage Materials; and (4) Systems Studies/End-Use Applications. The BNL programmatic responsibilities encompass the direction of… more

Date: April 1, 1979

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Cle Elum Lake Restoration Feasibility Study: Fish Husbandry Research, 1988-1991 Progress Report.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) are involved in a project to evaluate the feasibility of re-establishing anadromous salmon runs to Cle Elum Lake in the Yakima River Basin of Washington state. Historically, the Yakima River system supported large runs of anadromous salmonids that contributed significantly to the Columbia River harvest. Habitat destruction and overfishing drastically reduced run abundance prior to the early 1900s. Salmon … more

Date: September 1, 1991

Creator: Flagg, Thomas A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Field Review of Fish Habitat Improvement Projects in the Grande Ronde and John Day River Basins of Eastern Oregon.

The restoration of vegetation adapted to riparian environments and the natural succession of riparian plant communities is necessary to recreate sustainable salmonid habitat and should be the focal point for fish habitat improvement programs. In mid-August of 1991, a field review of 16 Salmon habitat improvement sites in the Grande Ronde and John Day River Basins in Eastern Oregon was undertaken. The review team visited various types of fish habitat improvements associated with a wide range of … more

Date: October 1991

Creator: Beschta, Robert L.; Platts, William S. & Kauffman, J. Boone

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Application of the implicit TENSOR code to studies of containment of undergound nuclear tests

The TENSOR code, a two-dimensional finite-difference code, has been used extensively for the solution of stress wave propagation problems in materials, particularly those associated with the containment of underground nuclear test. These problems are typically characterized by shock waves at early times and by nearly incompressible flow at later times. To address this type of problem more economically, an implicit Newmark time integration has been implemented. Implicit differencing requires the… more

Date: February 1, 1982

Creator: Burton, D.E.; Bryan, J.B.; Lettis, L.A. Jr. & Rambo, J.T.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Preliminary analysis of legal obstacles and incentives to the development of low-head hydroelectric power in the northeastern United States

A preliminary analysis of the legal obstacles and incentives to the development of the low-head hydroelectric potential of the 19 northeastern US (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia) is presented. The statutes and case laws of the 19 states and the Federal government which affect developers of small dams are stressed. T… more

Date: May 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Mortality of Yearling Chinook Salmon Prior to Arrival at Lower Granite Dam, on the Snake River : Progress Report.

Efforts have been initiated to develop a research plan that will provide insight into causes of, and ultimately solutions to, the apparent excessive mortality of juvenile chinook upstream from Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River. In the context of the proposed salmon stock listings under the Endangered Species Act, issues that potentially affect wild stocks of spring chinook salmon probably warrant immediate consideration and resolution. Mark-recapture data at Lower Granite Dam indicate that f… more

Date: October 1, 1991

Creator: Giorgi, Albert E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Dworshak Dam Impact (Impacts) Assessment and Fishery Investigation.

Kokanee abundance, estimated from July trawl data, was 1.2 million fish in 1988, including 553,000 fry, 501,000 yearlings and 156,000 subadults. Spawning trend data indicated escapement was up threefold compared to 1987, despite a sport harvest of 207,000 kokanee averaging 258 mm caught at a rate of 1.5 fish per hour. An estimated 40,000 kokanee were counted during the September peak of spawning in five tributaries of the reservoir. Size of adult fish was below average at 293 mm. Zooplankton de… more

Date: May 1, 1989

Creator: Mauser, Gregg

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Statistical evaluation of the effects of fall and winter flows on the spring condition of rainbow and brown trout in the green river downstream of Flaming Gorge Dam.

Flaming Gorge Dam, a hydroelectric facility operated by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), is located on the Green River in Daggett County, northeastern Utah. In recent years, single peak releases each day or steady flows have been the operational pattern during the winter period. A double-peak pattern (two flow peaks each day) was implemented during the winter of 2006-2007 by Reclamation. Because there is no recent history of double-peaking at Flaming Gorge Dam, the potential effects of … more

Date: January 9, 2009

Creator: Magnusson, A. K.; LaGory, K. E.; Hayse, J. W. & Division, Environmental Science

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) Report; Yakama Nation Wildlife Management Areas, Technical Report 1999-2000.

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

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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West Foster Creek Expansion Project 2007 HEP Report.

During April and May 2007, the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority's (CBFWA) Regional HEP Team (RHT) conducted baseline Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) (USFWS 1980, 1980a) analyses on five parcels collectively designated the West Foster Creek Expansion Project (3,756.48 acres). The purpose of the HEP analyses was to document extant habitat conditions and to determine how many baseline/protection habitat units (HUs) to credit Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) for funding maintenan… more

Date: February 1, 2008

Creator: Ashley, Paul R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Synthesis of Biological Reports on Juvenile Fish Passage and Survival at Bonneville Dam through 2005

This report describes a review of available literature on juvenile salmonid passage at Bonneville Dam from 1939 through 2005. Studies of interest included project-wide fish-passage efficiency (FPE) studies by radio telemetry and fixed-aspect hydroacoustics, fish survival studies (direct and indirect), FGE studies, powerhouse and unit (by netting, hydroacoustics, and radio telemetry), predation studies in the forebay and tailrace, behavioral studies on forebay approach and egress, and surface-by… more

Date: June 1, 2005

Creator: Ploskey, Gene R.; Johnson, Gary E.; Giorgi, Albert E.; Johnson, Richard L.; Stevenson, John R.; Schilt, Carl R. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Simulation analysis of within-day flow fluctuation effects on trout below flaming Gorge Dam.

In addition to being renewable, hydropower has the advantage of allowing rapid load-following, in that the generation rate can easily be varied within a day to match the demand for power. However, the flow fluctuations that result from load-following can be controversial, in part because they may affect downstream fish populations. At Flaming Gorge Dam, located on the Green River in northeastern Utah, concern has been raised about whether flow fluctuations caused by the dam disrupt feeding at a… more

Date: January 1, 2006

Creator: Railsback, S. F.; Hayse, J. W.; LaGory, K. E.; Division, Environmental Science & EPRI

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Post-Release Performance of Natural and Hatchery Subyearling Fall Chinook Salmon in the Snake and Clearwater Rivers.

In 2006, we continued a multi-year study to compare smolt-to-adult return rate (SAR) ratios between two groups of Snake River Basin fall Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that reached the sea through a combination of either (1) transportation and inriver migration or (2) bypass and inriver migration. We captured natural subyearlings rearing along the Snake and Clearwater rivers and implanted them with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags, but knew in advance that sample sizes of natu… more

Date: April 1, 2008

Creator: Connor, William P.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Survival of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Passing the Bonneville Dam Spillway in 2007

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District (CENWP) funds numerous evaluations of fish passage and survival on the Columbia River. In 2007, the CENWP asked Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to conduct an acoustic telemetry study to estimate the survival of juvenile Chinook salmon passing the spillway at Bonneville Dam. This report documents the study results which are intended to be used to improve the conditions juvenile anadromous fish experience when passing through the dams that … more

Date: December 1, 2008

Creator: Ploskey, Gene R.; Weiland, Mark A.; Hughes, James S.; Zimmerman, Shon A.; Durham, Robin E.; Fischer, Eric S. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Design and Analysis of Salmonid Tagging Studies in the Columbia Basin. Volume III, Experiment Designs and Statistical Models to Estimate the Effect of Transportation on Survival of Columbia River System Salmonids.

Experiment designs to estimate the effect of transportation on survival and return rates of Columbia River system salmonids are discussed along with statistical modeling techniques. Besides transportation, river flow and dam spill are necessary components in the design and analysis, otherwise questions as to the effects of reservoir drawdowns and increased dam spill may never be satisfactorily answered. Four criteria for comparing different experiment designs are: (1) feasibility; (2) clarity o… more

Date: June 1, 1997

Creator: Newman, Ken

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department