Resources

A decision making framework for enhancing river access that describes the planning and design process. American Whitewater, NPS, et al., 2019.

This report focuses on potential impacts of marine and hydrokinetic technologies to aquatic environments (i.e. rivers, estuaries, and oceans), fish and fish habitats, ecological relationships, and other marine and freshwater aquatic resources. Department of Energy, 2009.

Describes a licensee’s responsibilities under the Federal Power Act to provide recreation opportunities at hydroelectric projects under FERC’s jurisdiction. FERC, 1994.

Guide to evaluation photosimulations utilized to evaluate visual effects. NPS; Sullivan, R., M. Meyer and J. Palmer, 2021.

Report describing and comparing the environmental effects of open-loop and cloesed-loop pumped storage proejcts. Department of Energy 2020

Consider these ten things to show respect and reciprocity when recreating on native land.

This list of terms contains basic key vocabulary related to Tribes and Tribal issues.

Describes FERC’s Policy on Tribal Consultation. Issued 17 October 2019.

This guide is designed to help participants involved in federal hydropower licensing processes or water rights adjudications (including regulators, applicants, agencies, tribes, and other stakeholders) better understand, assess, and design flows to protect aesthetic resources.

The Hydrokinetic Energy Projects & Recreation: A Guide to Assessing Impacts, or the MHK Recreation Guide, provides general information about hydrokinetic technologies and the permitting process, identifies potential recreational concerns, and suggests ways to study and mitigate those impacts.