Open AccessColville Confederated Tribes' Performance Project Wildlife Mitigation Acquisitions, Annual Report 2006.
Author(s) -
Richard R. Whitney,
Matthew Berger,
Patrick Tonasket
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/947099
Subject(s) - hydropower , wildlife , geography , environmental protection , habitat , environmental resource management , environmental planning , environmental science , ecology , biology
The Colville Confederated Tribes Wildlife Mitigation Project is protecting lands as partial mitigation for hydropower's share of the wildlife losses resulting from Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams. The Mitigation Project protects and manages 54,606 acres for the biological requirements of managed wildlife species that are important to the Colville Tribes. With the inclusion of 2006 acquisitions, the Colville Tribes have acquired approximately 32,018 habitat units (HUs) towards a total 35,819 HUs lost from original inundation due to hydropower development. This annual report for 2006 briefly describes that four priority land acquisitions that were considered for enrollment into the Colville Tribes Mitigation Project during the 2006 contract period