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Table 5-1. Comparison of alternatives for the <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> <strong>Project</strong> (Source: staff).<br />

Resource No-Action Alternative Proposed Action<br />

Staff–Recommended<br />

Alternative Alternative 1<br />

Generation 1,039,078 MWh 994,444 MWh 985,877 MWh 985,877 MWh<br />

Geology and<br />

Soils<br />

Sediment, including<br />

spawning gravel, trapped<br />

in project impoundments,<br />

effects reduced somewhat<br />

by pilot augmentation<br />

program downstream of<br />

Ralston afterbay<br />

LWD collected at Hell<br />

Hole reservoir burned on<br />

site; small amounts<br />

removed from small<br />

diversion pools; woody<br />

debris that collects in<br />

<strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> interbay and<br />

Ralston afterbay<br />

periodically flushed<br />

downstream<br />

Small diversion dam<br />

infrastructure<br />

improvements would pass<br />

sediment downstream of<br />

dams; sediment<br />

augmentation downstream<br />

of <strong>Middle</strong> <strong>Fork</strong> interbay<br />

and Ralston afterbay dams<br />

would enhance spawning<br />

and riparian habitat<br />

Woody debris at small<br />

diversion dams would be<br />

passed downstream with<br />

infrastructure changes<br />

Same as proposed action Same as proposed<br />

action<br />

Same as proposed action,<br />

but LWD from Hell Hole<br />

reservoir would be passed<br />

downstream to the<br />

Rubicon <strong>River</strong> if feasible<br />

Same as proposed<br />

action

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