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Hydroelectric Facilities
 Scientists at LGL have Hydro experience working on:
- Fish Bypass systems
- Fish trapping and tagging technologies and operations
- Adult and juvenile salmon passage assessments and mitigation measures
- Adult lamprey passage assessments
- Dispersal of birds from hazardous areas, and mitigation
- Predation by piscivorous birds
- Public and Agency consultation
- Scientific study permitting
 The objectives of our research and monitoring programs include:
- Impact Assessment of project operations on fish, wildlife and habitat
- Fish migration enumeration, timing, distribution, passage success, and run reconstruction
- Fish behaviour and survival
- Design, installation, and operation of fish bypass and trapping technologies at dams
- Mitigation Strategies for fish and wildlife
- Database design and management
- Expert testimony for regulatory and court proceedings
- Reservoir Management
Specialized methodologies:
- Radio-telemetry
- Acoustic-telemetry
 Hydroacoustics - In-stream weirs and traps
- Underwater video monitoring
- Aerial survey techniques
- GIS databases and imagery
- Advanced Statistics
Locations of hydroelectric experience:
- Washington State, Columbia River – Wells, Rocky Reach, Rock Island, Wanapum and Priest Rapids dams
 British Columbia, Columbia River – Hugh Keenleyside Dam - British Columbia, Peace River – W. A. C. Bennett and Peace Canyon dams
- British Columbia, Nachako River – Kennedy Dam
- British Columbia, Allouette and Coquitlam rivers
- Brazil, Parana River – Itaipu Dam
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