Review of environmental metrics used across multiple sectors and geographies to evaluate the effects of hydropower development

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This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Water Power Technologies Office. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is managed by the UT-Battelle, LLC, for DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Nicole Samu of ORNL created Fig. 3. Thank you to our DOE sponsors, our Environmental Metrics for Hydropower Mission and Science Advisory Boards, and Kearns & West for their feedback on the analyses described in this manuscript. Special thanks to Jeff Duda of the U.S. Geological Survey, Alicia Burtner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Victor Engel of the U.S. Forest Service, Adam Ward of American Municipal Power, Shannon Ames of the Low Impact Hydropower Institute, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on this manuscript. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The U.S. government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for U.S. government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ). The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.