8020

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8020
• Author: Horak, G. C.
• Title: Proceedings of the Symposium on Mitigating Developmental Impacts on Fish and Wildlife.
• USFW Year: 1979.
• USFW - Doc Type: March 1979.
• Copyright Material: NO

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tional 21 projects and some wildlife data (generally limited in scope)
were available from an additional 11 projects.

CASE HISTORY STUDIES

To date, detailed studies of project-related impacts have been completed
for 10 specific projects, viz: John Redmond (Kansas); Clark Hill (Geor-
gia-South Carolina); Okatibbee ~ississippi); Council Grove (Kansas);
Carlyle (Illinois); Keystone (Oklahoma); East Lynn (West Virginia); Lake
Sharpe (South Dakota); Ice Harbor (Washington); and Littleville OKassa-
chusetts).

Although these projects have been considered to be among the most com-

pletely docymented Corps projects in the Nation, in terms of fish and

wildlife studies, comprehensive post~construction inventories of these

resources and adequate recreational use data had not been compiled at any

of them until the current st~y.

While some fisheries management has been fmplemented at all 10 projects
surveyed, the terrestrial and migratory wildlife communities at 4 out of
10 have received almost DO attention because of insufficient funding or
habitat suitable for terrestrial wildlife. In instances where management
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practices have been applied (substantial in a few situations), these pro-
grams have been subsidized by the state conservation agencies (Fish and
Wildlife Service in one instance) and not by the federal program respon-
sible for reservoir construction and operation.

Impacts on Deer

The accuracy of predicted fmpacts of project construction on fish and

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