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Scientific evaluation of biological opinions on endangered and threatened fishes in the Klamath River basin : interim report / Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Klamath Project (U.S.).
- Fishes--Effect of water levels on--Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).
- Fishes.
- Rare fishes--Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).
- Rare fishes.
- Fishes--Conservation--Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).
- Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.)--Environmental conditions.
- Klamath River Watershed (Or. and Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 33 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Endangered and threatened fishes in the Klamath River basin
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During 2001, a severe drought occurred in the Klamath River Basin. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) determined that the newly issued biological opinions and their RPAs must prevail; thus, water that would have gone to irrigators was directed almost entirely to attempts to maintain minimum lake levels and minimum flows as prescribed in the two RPAs. The severe economic consequences of this change in water management led DOI to request that the National Research Council (NRC) independently review the scientific and technical validity of the government's biological opinions and their RPAs. The NRC Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin was formed in response to this request. The committee was charged with filing an interim report after approximately less than 3 months of study and a final report after about 18 months of study. The interim report, which is summarized here, focuses on the biological assessments of the USBR (2001) and the USFWS and NMFS biological opinions of 2001 regarding the effects of Klamath Project operations on the three listed fish species.
- Contents:
- SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL OPINIONS ON ENDANGERED AND THREATENED FISHES IN THE KLAMATH RIVER BASIN; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEW PARTICIPANTS; PREFACE; Contents; SUMMARY; THE COMMITTEE'S PRINCIPAL FINDINGS; CONCLUSION; 1 INTRODUCTION ; TASKS OF THE NRC COMMITTEE; 2 EVALUATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL OPINION ON SHORTNOSE AND LOST RIVER SUCKERS ; 3 EVALUATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL OPINION ON KLAMATH BASIN COHO SALMON ; 4 CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES; APPENDIX STATEMENT OF TASK
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-31).
- ISBN:
- 0-309-16993-3
- 1-280-18455-8
- 9786610184552
- 0-309-56600-2
- OCLC:
- 817960885
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