%0 Book %I [Alaska Energy Authority] %D 2013 %C Anchorage %G English %B Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; %B Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project document ; %T Draft technical memorandum, Selection of focus areas and study sites in the middle Susitna River for instream flow and joint resource studies - 2013 and 2014 %U https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/Susitna2/0/SuWa27.pdf %U https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/Susitna2/2/SuWa203.pdf %U https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/Susitna2/0/SuWa22.html %X Specific objectives of this technical memorandum include: (1) review the general approach to stratification and the study site selection process used in the Instream Flow Study Revised Study Plan; (2) identify the 10 focus areas that were initially described in the Revised Study Plan and the criteria that were used in their selection; (3) describe and summarize the statistical analysis completed on the habitat mapping results of the middle river segment with respect to the 10 focus areas and their habitat units; (4) describe the implications of the habitat analysis and any modifications to the study site selection process, including refinements in Focus Areas, and the need to identify supplemental sites or areas; (5) list all proposed focus areas and study sites outside of the focus areas for all Instream Flow Study related studies to be implemented in the middle river segment of the Susitna River.