Award detail

IN 2021, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) RELEASED THEIR FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (FEIS) AND RECORD OF DECISION (ROD) FOR TEST FLOW RELEASES FROM FORT PECK DAM. TEST FLOW RELEASES WILL MANIPULATE FLOW REGIMES IN THE MISSOURI RIVER RELATIVE TO HISTORICAL LEVELS DURING THE PALLID STURGEON (SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS) SPAWNING AND MIGRATION PERIOD (APRIL 15JULY 1) TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS MANAGEMENT ACTION TO RESTORE NATURAL RECRUITMENT TO THE DOWNSTREAM POPULATION. EXPECTED OUTCOMES AND INTENDED BENEFICIARIES ARE TO (1) DEVELOP A LONG-TERM MONITORING PLAN TO EVALUATE THE RESPONSE OF MISSOURI RIVER ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE FORT PECK TRIBES TO FORT PECK TEST FLOWS (2) IMPLEMENT THE MONITORING ACTIVITIES TO ESTABLISH BASELINE CONDITIONS PRIOR TO FORT PECK TEST FLOWS (3) PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES COURSE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE WITH ECOLOGICAL FIELD STUDIES, DATA ANALYSES, AND WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATION AND (4) ENGAGE THE FORT PECK TRIBES AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ON POTENTIAL ECOSYSTEM AND CULTURAL BENEFITS OF FORT PECK TEST FLOWS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE EXPECTED FOR PALLID STURGEON.

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