Susitna Watana Hydroelectric Project

The site of the proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project on the Susitna River north west of Talkeetna. The dam site is in the lower right with a rig drilling core samples on the south side of the river.

The Susitna River below the proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project on the Susitna River north west of Talkeetna.

The proposed Alaska Energy Authority's Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project dam will be at river mile 184, above Devil's Canyon, shown in photo, on the Susitna River, and will be 700 feet high and create a reservoir 39 miles long and 2 miles at the widest point.

This section of the Susitna River will be behind the dam of the proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project on the Susitna River north west of Talkeetna.

This section of the Susitna River will be behind the dam of the proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project.

Part of the falls of Deadman Creek where it flows into the Susitna River, at river mile 186.5 will be flooded by the Susitna-Watana dam.

This section of the Susitna River will be behind the dam of the proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project.

This section of the Susitna River will be behind the dam of the proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project.

Kosina Creek, which has a salmon run, flows into the Susitna River above site of the proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project on the Susitna River north west of Talkeetna. A portion of the creek will be flooded by the dam.

A bull caribou runs along the shore of the Susitna River at the site of the proposed Alaska Energy Authority's Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project dam.

Part of the falls of Deadman Creek where it flows into the Susitna River, at river mile 186.5 will be flooded by the Susitna-Watana dam.

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