About Susitna Doc Finder

The Susitna Doc Finder is a comprehensive catalog of documents that resulted from every phase of the historic 1980s Susitna Hydroelectric Project (SuHydro Project), as well as those documents that were produced beginning in 2009 under the more recent Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project (SuWa Project).

The catalog is powered by VuFind and features:

• Maximal searchability
• Mobile-friendly usage on devices of all sizes and shapes
• Automatic display of cover images of all PDFs
• Indexing of full text of all PDFs
• Relevancy-ranked search results

Every historic and current report is available via the Susitna Doc Finder. These include:

• Project Name Report Types
• Susitna Hydroelectric Project (SuHydro) APA, RTS, SUS
• Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project (SuWa) SuWa

SuHydro Project Reports

ARLIS maintains the most extensive collection of historic Susitna Hydroelectric Project publications found anywhere. The Susitna Hydroelectric Project, costing an estimated $227 million in research during the 1970s and 1980s, produced a body of work exceeding 5,000 reports. ARLIS continually strives to discover more documents to amass the most complete collection possible.

Three large series of SuHydro Project reports are represented in the Susitna Doc Finder, as follows:

• APA Reports: These were compiled, indexed, and numbered by the Alaska Power Authority (APA). These are comprised of agency reports, contracted reports, and books, articles, and excerpts that contain information relevant to the historic project.
  • Susitna Hydroelectric Project Document Numerical Index
• RTS Reports: Aquatic Studies, conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, received RTS report numbers. There are several finding aids for these.
  • Susitna River Aquatic Studies: Divisions of Sport and Commercial Fisheries – Brief version
  • Susitna River Aquatic Studies: Divisions of Sport and Commercial Fisheries – Annotated version
  • Susitna River Aquatic Studies: Divisions of Sport and Commercial Fisheries – Enhanced annotated version with covers and tables of contents of each report
• SUS Reports: These reports were compiled and numbered by Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center (AEIDC) in fulfilment of an aquatic impact study project.
  • Susitna Aquatic Impact Assessment Project Bibliography
• SuWa Project Reports
• SuWa Reports
  • These reports are mainly produced by agencies and contractors associated with the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project (SuWa Project). ARLIS has systematically assigned SuWa numbers and included uniform cover pages for each SuWa report.

ARLIS’s Role

ARLIS was under contract to the Alaska Energy Authority beginning in 2009 to maintain and augment these collections in support of the present day Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project. ARLIS has digitized all available SuHydro reports. SuWa reports were born digital and ARLIS has created a permanent paper repository of all SuWa reports.

As more of these reports are discovered, ARLIS will continue producing links to increase access. Donations of SuHydro collections (small and large) are always welcome.

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