The Lewis River Hydroelectric Projects - PacifiCorp

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Merwin Park—Interpretive sign #2 (Natural History) Location: Size: Title: Main Content: Merwin Park TBD With Wildlife in Mind PacifiCorp owns and manages more than 10,000 acres of forest, meadow, streams, and wetlands around Merwin, Yale, and Swift Reservoirs. These diverse habitats are home to many species of land animals and birds— from elk to eagles. Taking care of Lewis River lands so that wildlife can continue to thrive here is job that PacifiCorp takes very seriously. The lands are managed according to a carefully-researched plan, designed by wildlife biologists to sustain diverse and healthy habitat. In some cases, that means just leaving an area alone (such as leaving buffer zones along streams, rivers, and shorelines). In other cases, it means taking a more active approach. As you travel along the Lewis River, look for evidence of this hands-on style of management with wildlife in mind. Sidebar: PacifiCorp purchased most of the lands around its reservoirs in large parcels. Because the land was destined to be part of the hydro project, many sellers logged their properties before selling them to the company, to get as much out of them as possible. Over time, these logged lands grew over in dense, dark forest—poor habitat for wildlife. Other sites had been scoured by construction and were covered with invasive species such as Scotch broom. Today, PacifiCorp’s land managers work to actively shape these lands into places that are more hospitable for wildlife. Some of the techniques include: • Creating small clearcuts to allow light into the dark understory, encouraging grasses and shrubs such as red huckleberry and hazel. These understory plants are important food and shelter for birds and mammals. • Creating snags (standing dead trees). These gray, rotting pillars are very important habitat for cavity-creating and cavity–nesting birds such as pileated woodpeckers, and for secondary cavity nesters such as chickadees and flying squirrels. • Adding large downed logs (often drift logs from the reservoirs) to forest floors, to provide nutrients to the soil and seedbeds for young trees such as western hemlock. Sidebar Captions: During relicensing of the Merwin project in the 1980s, the Merwin Wildlife Habitat Management Plan was created to help guide land managers in enhancing habitat, thereby increasing and sustaining populations of local wildlife. Appendix 1: panel profiles Lewis River Draft I&E Plan page 13
The face of Yale Dam, built in the 1950s, has developed into a unique wildlife habitat in its own right. The moist, mossy boulders shelter several different species of reptiles and amphibians, including rubber boas, alligator lizards, western red-backed salamanders, and Larch Mountain salamanders—a species of concern for conservation. Images: Photos of local wildlife. Photos of foresters at work. Photos of the highlighted projects. Appendix 1: panel profiles Lewis River Draft I&E Plan page 14
Page 1:
November 25, 2008 Lewis River Inter
Page 4 and 5:
Lewis River Interpretive & Educatio
Page 7 and 8:
Page 9 and 10:
Page 11 and 12:
Page 13 and 14:
approach Lewis River Interpretive &
Page 15 and 16:
Page 17 and 18:
audience Lewis River Interpretive &
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
interpretive components Lewis River
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
Page 37 and 38:
Summer Hours (April 1-September 30)
Page 39 and 40:
Page 41 and 42:
Page 43 and 44:
Page 45 and 46:
Page 47 and 48:
lewis river fish hatchery Lewis Riv
Page 49 and 50:
Page 51 and 52:
Page 53 and 54:
yale park Lewis River Interpretive
Page 55 and 56:
Page 57 and 58:
accessible fishing pier Lewis River
Page 59 and 60:
Page 61 and 62: Lewis River Interpretive & Educatio
Page 97 and 98: stakeholders Lewis River Interpreti
Page 101 and 102: PacifiCorp Lewis River Recreation S
Page 103 and 104: Lewis River Sites—Topic Overview
Page 105 and 106: PacifiCorp is one of the lowest-cos
Page 107 and 108: Illustrations of bull trout compare
Page 109 and 110: arns and outbuildings, rushing stre
Page 111: Crews began preparing the site of M
Page 115 and 116: Low water on the Lewis presented ch
Page 117 and 118: salmon to the Lewis. In the future,
Page 119 and 120: “snags.” Chainsaw cuts on the t
Page 121 and 122: Summer Hours (April 1-September 30)
Page 123 and 124: steel towers and zig-zagging across
Page 125 and 126: irds. Natural meadows, old farm fie
Page 127 and 128: o o o o Keep speed 10 mph or below
Page 129 and 130: provide strength, porous gravels ch
Page 131 and 132: Yale Park—Local Welcome Sign Loca
Page 133 and 134: Yale Park—Interpretive Sign #1 (N
Page 135 and 136: Cougar Park—Local Welcome Sign Lo
Page 137 and 138: PacifiCorp does not accept responsi
Page 139 and 140: zone around the creek to maintain t
Page 141 and 142: Sidebar Captions: Photo of Ole at h
Page 143 and 144: Beaver Bay—Interpretive Sign #1 (
Page 145 and 146: Swift Forest Camp—Local Welcome S
Page 147 and 148: Swift Forest Camp—Interpretive Si
Page 149 and 150: Eagle Cliff Park—Local Welcome Si
Page 151 and 152: Eagle Cliff Park—Interpretive Sig
show all

The Lewis River Hydroelectric Projects - PacifiCorp

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?