Study No. |
Study Name |
Resource Area |
3.1.01 |
2013 Full River Reconnaissance |
Geology |
3.1.02 |
Northfield Mountain/Turners Falls Operations Impact on Existing and Potential Bank Instability |
Geology |
3.1.03 |
Northfield Mountain Project Sediment Management Plan |
Geology |
3.2.01 |
Water Quality Monitoring Study |
Water Quality |
3.2.02 |
Hydraulic Study of Turners Falls Impoundment, Bypassed Reach and the Connecticut River below Cabot Station |
Hydraulic |
3.3.01 |
Conduct Instream Flow Habitat Assessments in the Bypass Reach and below Cabot Station |
Aquatic |
3.3.02 |
Evaluate Upstream and Downstream Passage of Adult American Shad |
Aquatic |
3.3.03 |
Evaluate Downstream Passage of Juvenile Shad |
Aquatic |
3.3.04 |
Evaluate Upstream Passage of American Eel at the Turners Falls Project (two year study) |
Aquatic |
3.3.05 |
Evaluate Downstream Passage of American Eel |
Aquatic |
3.3.06 |
Impact of Project Operation on Shad Spawning, Spawning Habitat and Egg Deposition in the Area of the Northfield Mountain and Turners Falls Projects |
Aquatic |
3.3.07 |
Fish Entrainment and Turbine Mortality Study |
Aquatic |
3.3.08 |
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of the Fishway Entrances and Powerhouse Forebays |
Hydraulic |
3.3.09 |
Two-Dimensional Modeling of the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project Intake/Tailrace Channel and Connecticut River Upstream and Downstream of the Intake/Tailrace |
Hydraulic |
3.3.10 |
Assess Operational Impacts on Emergence of State-Listed Odonates in the Connecticut River |
Aquatic |
3.3.11 |
Fish Assemblage Assessment |
Aquatic |
3.3.12 |
Evaluate Frequency and Impact of Emergency Water Control Gate Discharge Events and Bypass Flume Events on Shortnose Sturgeon Spawning and Rearing Habitat in the Tailrace and Downstream from Cabot Station |
Aquatic |
3.3.13 |
Impacts of the Turners Falls Project and Northfield Mountain Project on Littoral Zone Fish Habitat and Spawning Habitat |
Aquatic |
3.3.14 |
Aquatic Habitat Mapping of Turners Falls Impoundment |
Aquatic |
3.3.15 |
Assessment of Adult Sea Lamprey Spawning within the Turners Falls Project and Northfield Mountain Project Areas |
Aquatic |
3.3.16 |
Habitat Assessment, Surveys, and Modeling of Suitable Habitat for State-listed Mussel Species in the CT River below Cabot Station |
Aquatic |
3.3.17 |
Assess the Impacts of Project Operations of the Turners Falls Project and Northfield Mountain Project on Tributary Backwater Area Access and Habitat |
Aquatic |
3.3.18 |
Impacts of the Turners Falls Canal Drawdown on Fish Migration and Aquatic Organisms |
Aquatic |
3.3.19 |
Evaluate the Use of an Ultrasonic Array to Facilitate Upstream Movement to Turners Falls Dam by Avoiding Cabot Station Tailrace |
Aquatic |
3.3.20 |
Entrainment of American Shad Ichthyoplankton at the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project |
Aquatic |
3.4.01 |
Baseline Study of Terrestrial Wildlife and Botanical Resources at the Turners Falls Impoundment, in the Bypass Reach and below Cabot Station within the Project Boundary |
Terrestrial |
3.4.02 |
Effects of Northfield Mountain Project-related Land Management Practices and Recreation Use on Terrestrial Habitat |
Terrestrial |
3.5.01 |
Baseline Inventory of Wetland, Riparian, and Littoral Habitat in Turners Falls Impoundment, and Assessment of Operational Impacts on Special-Status Species |
RTE |
3.6.01 |
Recreation Use/User Contact Survey |
Recreation |
3.6.02 |
Recreation Facilities Inventory and Assessment |
Recreation |
3.6.03 |
Whitewater Boating Evaluation |
Recreation |
3.6.04 |
Assessment of Day Use and Overnight Facilities Associated with Non-Motorized Boats |
Recreation |
3.6.05 |
Land Use Inventory |
Recreation |
3.6.06 |
Assessment of Effects of Project Operation on Recreation and Land Use |
Recreation |
3.6.07 |
Recreation Study of Northfield Mountain, including Assessment of Sufficiency of Trails for Shared Use |
Recreation |
3.7.01 |
Phase 1A Archaeological Survey |
Cultural |
3.7.02 |
Reconnaissance-Level Historic Structures Survey |
Cultural |
3.7.03 |
Traditional Cultural Properties Study |
Cultural |
3.8.01 |
Evaluate the Impact of Current and Potential Future Modes of Operation on Flow, Water Elevation and Hydropower Generation |
Hydro |