Water impoundment projects generally impact the river below the dam. Frequently the construction contract provides for mitigation of adverse impacts. The Libby Project, authorized primarily for hydro-electric power generation and flood control and to provide navigation and recreation as secondary benefits, caused the inundation of a big-game winter range, the relocation of a railroad and a highway in addition to damming a river. The Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the Montana Department of Fish and Game and others engaged in a number of wildlife mitigation projects.
The Libby Dam Project: An Ex-Post Facto Analysis of Selected Environmental Impacts, Mitigation Commitments, Recreation Usage and Hydroelectric Power Production
1980
151 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Water Pollution & Control , Hydrology & Limnology , Dams , Recreation , Water pollution , Electric power plants , Flood control , Stream flow , Fishes , Temperature measurement , Channel improvement , Wildlife , Montana , Wolf Creek , Kootenai River , Lake Koocanusa , Fisher River , Libby Dam Project
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