Environmental Stewardship
Habitat Conservation Plans
Fish Bypass System
A carefully engineered collection system draws young migrating fish into a fish bypass at Rocky Reach Hydroelectric Project. A bypass pipe takes the fish around the dam and into the river below.
The Chelan and Douglas PUDs worked cooperatively with state and federal fisheries agencies and tribes to develop the first Hydro Power Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) for anadromous salmon and steelhead. Chelan PUD developed plans for the Rocky Reach and Rock Island Hydro Projects. Douglas PUD developed a plan for the Wells Hydro Project.
The plans commit the two utilities to a 50-year program to ensure that their hydro projects have no net impact on mid-Columbia salmon and steelhead runs. This will be accomplished through a combination of fish bypass systems, spill at the hydro projects, off-site hatchery programs and evaluations, and habitat restoration work conducted in mid-Columbia tributary systems.
Learn more by visiting the Mid-Columbia Habitat Conservation Plan Web site.
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