Priority Reservoir Habitat Restoration Projects
The projects listed below were submitted to the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership (RFHP) by State resource agencies or conservation NGOs for funding consideration. The projects listed here are considered priority fish habitat projects by the RFHP Executive Committee based on:
- The reservoir’s influence on the ecological health of the entire reservoir system (i.e. in-reservoir health and upstream and downstream of the reservoir)
- Recreational value of the reservoir
- Ecosystem services provided by the reservoir like flood control, municipal water supply, and power generation
- Cost-benefit of habitat improvements.
The reservoirs represented here are of great ecological, aesthetic, and economic value to the communities that depend on them. State, federal, NGOs, and/or community groups are working together to insure that these systems continue to offer the maximum benefit to both fish and wildlife as well as humans while, at the same time, working to minimizing any unfavorable impacts associated with reservoir systems.
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Jeff Boxrucker
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