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Title: The Sturgeon River Project: A Case Study
Creator: Lee Emery
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Date Created and/or Issued: 8/8/03
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information (CDRI)
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: Abstract: To understand considerations that go into decisions on dam removal, this paper presents a case study of one FERC-licensed dam proposed for and presently undergoing removal. The Sturgeon Project is an 800 kilowatt hydropower project located on the Sturgeon River, Dickinson County, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Sturgeon Project facilities are very similar to other FERC-licensed projects that have undergone dam removal or that have been proposed for removal. This paper explores issues concerning fish passage and recolonization, restoration of the natural waterway, and managing sediments for the Sturgeon dam removal project.
Scope/Content: Dam type: arch
Scope/Content: Dam type: concrete
Scope/Content: Height: 53
Scope/Content: Date constructed: ~1920.
Type: text
Form/Genre: digital copy
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2jw8dmz
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Language: English
eng
Subject: Fisheries and fish passage
Sediment and channel dynamics
Dams
Dam retirement
Place: Sturgeon River, MI
Sturgeon Dam
US

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