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• 31. [Image] Hydro Quebec Research and Development, Highlights 1997

  	This document summarizes the capabilities of the Hydro Quebec company, namely its R&D department. It also explores the different disciplines of engineering and science within the company, its Transmission ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Hydro Quebec Research and Development, Highlights 1997 Author: Hydro Quebec Year: 1998 This document summarizes the capabilities of the Hydro Quebec company, namely its R&D department. It also explores the different disciplines of engineering and science within the company, its Transmission and Distribution System Technology, its Application Technology, and others Title: Hydro Quebec Research and Development, Highlights 1997 Author: Hydro Quebec Year: 1998 This document summarizes the capabilities of the Hydro Quebec company, namely its R&D department. It also explores the different disciplines of engineering and science within the company, its Transmission and Distribution System Technology, its Application Technology, and others Close

• 32. [Image] Flood Basalts and Glacier Floods: Roadside Geology of Parts of Walla Walla, Franklin, and Columbia Counties, Washington

  	This field trip guide covers the geology of some of the areas affected by two of the best documented catastrophic events in Earth's history: enormous basaltic lava flows that began to cover the land about ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Flood Basalts and Glacier Floods: Roadside Geology of Parts of Walla Walla, Franklin, and Columbia Counties, Washington Author: Carson, R.J. Year: 1996 This field trip guide covers the geology of some of the areas affected by two of the best documented catastrophic events in Earth's history: enormous basaltic lava flows that began to cover the land about 17 million years ago (Baksi, 1989) and giant glacier outburst floods (termed jc)kulhlaups) that started about 15,300 years ago (Waitt, 1985). These events are in large part responsible for the shape of the landscape of eastern Washington, where the Earth's youngest basalt plateau was swept by the largest documented floods in geologic history Title: Flood Basalts and Glacier Floods: Roadside Geology of Parts of Walla Walla, Franklin, and Columbia Counties, Washington Author: Carson, R.J. Year: 1996 This field trip guide covers the geology of some of the areas affected by two of the best documented catastrophic events in Earth's history: enormous basaltic lava flows that began to cover the land about 17 million years ago (Baksi, 1989) and giant glacier outburst floods (termed jc)kulhlaups) that started about 15,300 years ago (Waitt, 1985). These events are in large part responsible for the shape of the landscape of eastern Washington, where the Earth's youngest basalt plateau was swept by the largest documented floods in geologic history Close

• 33. [Image] Issue Alert: British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest: A Cooperative Relationship

  	British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest states are linked geographically and economically by one of the world's mightiest rivers - the Columbia. The completion of Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams on ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Issue Alert: British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest: A Cooperative Relationship Author: Bonneville Power Administration Year: 1986 British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest states are linked geographically and economically by one of the world's mightiest rivers - the Columbia. The completion of Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams on the Columbia River in the 1930s ushered in a new era of international cooperation. The massive flow of the Columbia River carries one-third of the hydroelectric potential of the North American continent Title: Issue Alert: British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest: A Cooperative Relationship Author: Bonneville Power Administration Year: 1986 British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest states are linked geographically and economically by one of the world's mightiest rivers - the Columbia. The completion of Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams on the Columbia River in the 1930s ushered in a new era of international cooperation. The massive flow of the Columbia River carries one-third of the hydroelectric potential of the North American continent Close

• 34. [Image] Backgrounder: The Columbia River Treaty Revisited

  	The huge undertaking which evolved from the Treaty included doubling the hydroelectric reservoir capacity in the Columbia Basin, and construction of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie. The ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Backgrounder: The Columbia River Treaty Revisited Author: Bonneville Power Administration Year: 1989 The huge undertaking which evolved from the Treaty included doubling the hydroelectric reservoir capacity in the Columbia Basin, and construction of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie. The additions of the Third Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam and the Second Powerhouse at Bonneville Dam are offshoots of the Treaty, as are other hydropower resources in both Canada and the U.S. Northwest Title: Backgrounder: The Columbia River Treaty Revisited Author: Bonneville Power Administration Year: 1989 The huge undertaking which evolved from the Treaty included doubling the hydroelectric reservoir capacity in the Columbia Basin, and construction of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie. The additions of the Third Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam and the Second Powerhouse at Bonneville Dam are offshoots of the Treaty, as are other hydropower resources in both Canada and the U.S. Northwest Close

• 35. [Image] Issue Backgrounder: Environment and Power: Enhancing our Fish & Wildlife Resources

  	For years, BPA's only job was to market power from the 28 Federal dams on the Columbia River and its tributaries. Now BPA has a new assignment - to restore fish and wildlife damaged by the development ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Issue Backgrounder: Environment and Power: Enhancing our Fish & Wildlife Resources Author: Bonneville Power Administration Year: 1984 For years, BPA's only job was to market power from the 28 Federal dams on the Columbia River and its tributaries. Now BPA has a new assignment - to restore fish and wildlife damaged by the development and operation of the hydroelectric system Title: Issue Backgrounder: Environment and Power: Enhancing our Fish & Wildlife Resources Author: Bonneville Power Administration Year: 1984 For years, BPA's only job was to market power from the 28 Federal dams on the Columbia River and its tributaries. Now BPA has a new assignment - to restore fish and wildlife damaged by the development and operation of the hydroelectric system Close

• 36. [Article] Mosby Creek Limiting Factors Analysis and Restoration Plan

  Abstract -- The Mosby Creek Limiting Factors Analysis (Rapid Bio-Assessment) assessed stream conditions for native salmonids and prioritized projects of benefit to spring Chinook, cutthroat trout, rainbow ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Mosby Creek Limiting Factors Analysis and Restoration Plan Abstract -- The Mosby Creek Limiting Factors Analysis (Rapid Bio-Assessment) assessed stream conditions for native salmonids and prioritized projects of benefit to spring Chinook, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and Pacific lamprey in this high-priority, free-flowing stream in the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed. To gain access to private properties adjacent to the 75 miles of surveyed streams, the applicant conducted landowner outreach and coordinated two years of continuous temperature data collection by volunteers. The contractor conducted a modified limiting factors analysis and a snorkel survey in the Mosby Creek main stem and tributaries up to 6 percent gradient. The resulting study results include a prioritized restoration plan that has been shared with local landowners and restoration partners and used for restoration planning. Title: Mosby Creek Limiting Factors Analysis and Restoration Plan Abstract -- The Mosby Creek Limiting Factors Analysis (Rapid Bio-Assessment) assessed stream conditions for native salmonids and prioritized projects of benefit to spring Chinook, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and Pacific lamprey in this high-priority, free-flowing stream in the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed. To gain access to private properties adjacent to the 75 miles of surveyed streams, the applicant conducted landowner outreach and coordinated two years of continuous temperature data collection by volunteers. The contractor conducted a modified limiting factors analysis and a snorkel survey in the Mosby Creek main stem and tributaries up to 6 percent gradient. The resulting study results include a prioritized restoration plan that has been shared with local landowners and restoration partners and used for restoration planning. Close

• 37. [Article] Luckiamute Rapid Bio-Assessment

  Abstract -- The 2011 Rapid Bio-Assessment inventory of the Luckiamute Watershed was a replicate inventory that attempted to target the most productive salmonid habitats in the basin. This was the fourth ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Luckiamute Rapid Bio-Assessment Abstract -- The 2011 Rapid Bio-Assessment inventory of the Luckiamute Watershed was a replicate inventory that attempted to target the most productive salmonid habitats in the basin. This was the fourth consecutive inventory in the basin designed to describe the distribution and relative abundance of coho, cutthroat trout and winter steelhead. The entire basin (214 stream miles) was inventoried in 2008 utilizing the RBA protocol which included many miles of dysfunctional aquatic habitats that currently exhibit deep channel entrenchment, elevated summer temperature profiles and provided limited summer production potential. Survey efforts were reduced to 96.6 stream miles in 2009 and covered only the highest quality habitat reaches. Surveys were further refined in 2010 to a subset of the highest quality habitats (90.2 stream miles) and reduced again in 2011 to 84.6 stream miles. Some streams in the basin were also surveyed in 2002 and 2003 in a separate effort funded by Boise Cascade, the previous owner of the current Forest Capital holdings. These included Beaver, Boulder, Clayton, Cougar, Miller, Pedee, Ritner, Sheythe, West Fork Luckiamute, Wolf, and approximately 7 miles of the upper Luckiamute mainstem. Results and comparisons to those surveys are included below in the Site Specific observations. The intent of the RBA inventory was to gather information on the status of juvenile salmonid summer distributions and summer rearing densities. The inventory consisted of extensive snorkel surveys that began at the mouth of each stream and continued to the end of significant salmonid rearing potential (not to the end of cutthroat distribution). These surveys will be used to develop a base line for understanding how juvenile salmonids are currently utilizing habitats within the basin during summer flow regimes. Replicates of this inventory in high priority stream reaches (streams exhibiting residual system function) will be critical for identifying trends in the distribution and abundance of juvenile coho, steelhead and cutthroat in response to watershed restoration and management. The Rapid Bio-Assessment (RBA) survey method was designed to sub-sample 20 percent of the pool habitats using a Rapid Assay technique that could cover large distances and succeed in describing the current distribution of juvenile salmonids in all of the surveyed streams and their tributaries. Beaver dam frequency was also recorded. Title: Luckiamute Rapid Bio-Assessment Abstract -- The 2011 Rapid Bio-Assessment inventory of the Luckiamute Watershed was a replicate inventory that attempted to target the most productive salmonid habitats in the basin. This was the fourth consecutive inventory in the basin designed to describe the distribution and relative abundance of coho, cutthroat trout and winter steelhead. The entire basin (214 stream miles) was inventoried in 2008 utilizing the RBA protocol which included many miles of dysfunctional aquatic habitats that currently exhibit deep channel entrenchment, elevated summer temperature profiles and provided limited summer production potential. Survey efforts were reduced to 96.6 stream miles in 2009 and covered only the highest quality habitat reaches. Surveys were further refined in 2010 to a subset of the highest quality habitats (90.2 stream miles) and reduced again in 2011 to 84.6 stream miles. Some streams in the basin were also surveyed in 2002 and 2003 in a separate effort funded by Boise Cascade, the previous owner of the current Forest Capital holdings. These included Beaver, Boulder, Clayton, Cougar, Miller, Pedee, Ritner, Sheythe, West Fork Luckiamute, Wolf, and approximately 7 miles of the upper Luckiamute mainstem. Results and comparisons to those surveys are included below in the Site Specific observations. The intent of the RBA inventory was to gather information on the status of juvenile salmonid summer distributions and summer rearing densities. The inventory consisted of extensive snorkel surveys that began at the mouth of each stream and continued to the end of significant salmonid rearing potential (not to the end of cutthroat distribution). These surveys will be used to develop a base line for understanding how juvenile salmonids are currently utilizing habitats within the basin during summer flow regimes. Replicates of this inventory in high priority stream reaches (streams exhibiting residual system function) will be critical for identifying trends in the distribution and abundance of juvenile coho, steelhead and cutthroat in response to watershed restoration and management. The Rapid Bio-Assessment (RBA) survey method was designed to sub-sample 20 percent of the pool habitats using a Rapid Assay technique that could cover large distances and succeed in describing the current distribution of juvenile salmonids in all of the surveyed streams and their tributaries. Beaver dam frequency was also recorded. Close

• 38. [Image] A review of scientific information on issues related to the use and management of water resources in the Pacific Northwest

  	Abstract Everest, Fred H.; Stouder, Deanna J.; Kakoyannis, Christina; Houston, Laurie; Stankey, George; Kline, Jeffery; Alig, Ralph. 2004. A review of scientific information ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: A review of scientific information on issues related to the use and management of water resources in the Pacific Northwest Year: 2004 Abstract Everest, Fred H.; Stouder, Deanna J.; Kakoyannis, Christina; Houston, Laurie; Stankey, George; Kline, Jeffery; Alig, Ralph. 2004. A review of scientific information on issues related to the use and management of water resources in the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-595. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 128 p. Fresh water is a valuable and essential commodity in the Pacific Northwest States, specifically Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and one provided abundantly by forested watersheds in the region. The maintenance and growth of industrial, municipal, agricultural, and recreational activities in the region are dependent on adequate and sustainable supplies of fresh water from surface and ground-water sources. Future development, especially in the semiarid intermountain area, depends on the conservation and expansion of the region's water resource. This synthesis reviews the state of our knowledge and condition of water resources in the Pacific Northwest. Keywords: Water distribution, flow regimes, water demand, conflicts, tools, water use. Title: A review of scientific information on issues related to the use and management of water resources in the Pacific Northwest Year: 2004 Abstract Everest, Fred H.; Stouder, Deanna J.; Kakoyannis, Christina; Houston, Laurie; Stankey, George; Kline, Jeffery; Alig, Ralph. 2004. A review of scientific information on issues related to the use and management of water resources in the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-595. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 128 p. Fresh water is a valuable and essential commodity in the Pacific Northwest States, specifically Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and one provided abundantly by forested watersheds in the region. The maintenance and growth of industrial, municipal, agricultural, and recreational activities in the region are dependent on adequate and sustainable supplies of fresh water from surface and ground-water sources. Future development, especially in the semiarid intermountain area, depends on the conservation and expansion of the region's water resource. This synthesis reviews the state of our knowledge and condition of water resources in the Pacific Northwest. Keywords: Water distribution, flow regimes, water demand, conflicts, tools, water use. Close

• 39. [Image] Improving salmon passage: draft, the Lower Snake River juvenile salmon migration feasibility report/environmental impact statement

  	The purpose of this summary report is to provide an overview of the findings developed for the Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Study. For more detailed information, the reader should ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Improving salmon passage: draft, the Lower Snake River juvenile salmon migration feasibility report/environmental impact statement Year: 1999, 2004 The purpose of this summary report is to provide an overview of the findings developed for the Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Study. For more detailed information, the reader should refer to the Draft Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement and attached appendices. The genesis of this study is the National Marine Fisheries Service's 1995 Biological Opinion for the Reinitiation of Consultation on 1994-1998 Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System and Juvenile Transportation Program in 1995 and Future Years (95 Biological Opinion). While the focus of this study is the relationship between the four dams on the lower Snake River and their effects on juvenile fish traveling toward the ocean, the implications of the study are broader. The Draft Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement includes the best available information on the biological effectiveness, engineering, economic effects, and other environmental effects associated with the four specific alternatives. It does not, however, include a recommendation or identify a preferred alternative. This will give the public and other agencies an opportunity to review and understand this information and provide input before a preferred alternative is selected. At the same time, this will allow the region to consider the Habitat, Hatcheries, Harvest, and Hydropower Working Paper on salmon recovery by the Federal Caucus. Information from this process will be fully examined to determine how it may influence decisions on actions for the lower Snake River. Title: Improving salmon passage: draft, the Lower Snake River juvenile salmon migration feasibility report/environmental impact statement Year: 1999, 2004 The purpose of this summary report is to provide an overview of the findings developed for the Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Study. For more detailed information, the reader should refer to the Draft Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement and attached appendices. The genesis of this study is the National Marine Fisheries Service's 1995 Biological Opinion for the Reinitiation of Consultation on 1994-1998 Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System and Juvenile Transportation Program in 1995 and Future Years (95 Biological Opinion). While the focus of this study is the relationship between the four dams on the lower Snake River and their effects on juvenile fish traveling toward the ocean, the implications of the study are broader. The Draft Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement includes the best available information on the biological effectiveness, engineering, economic effects, and other environmental effects associated with the four specific alternatives. It does not, however, include a recommendation or identify a preferred alternative. This will give the public and other agencies an opportunity to review and understand this information and provide input before a preferred alternative is selected. At the same time, this will allow the region to consider the Habitat, Hatcheries, Harvest, and Hydropower Working Paper on salmon recovery by the Federal Caucus. Information from this process will be fully examined to determine how it may influence decisions on actions for the lower Snake River. Close

• 40. [Image] The Third Klamath Basin Watershed Restoration and Research Conference

  	Cover title; "March 1999."
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The Third Klamath Basin Watershed Restoration and Research Conference Year: 1999, 2004 Cover title; "March 1999." Title: The Third Klamath Basin Watershed Restoration and Research Conference Year: 1999, 2004 Cover title; "March 1999." Close