Fish and wildlife

Fish and Wildlife

The Council works to protect, mitigate and enhance fish and wildlife of the Columbia River and guides Bonneville Power Administration's funding of projects to implement the fish and wildlife program.

Columbia River Basin Fish & Wildlife Program:
2009 Amendments

Includes updates from the 2008-09 amendment process and subbasin plans.

Current project reviews

Review	Begins	Ends	Stage
RM&E/Artificial Production	June 1, 2010	Feb 9, 2011
FastTrack BiOp/RM&E	Dec 2009	May 2010	Council decision based on final ISRP review
Wildlife		July 2009
New fish accord projects	(ongoing)
New BiOp projects	(ongoing)
Upcoming FY 2010 reviews

Other reviews and processes

Success stories: See projects in your watershed
	Dayton Creek was severely degraded and provided outstanding potential to replace the spawning habitat lost after the construction of Hungry Horse Dam
	The John Day River is one of only two river systems in the Columbia River Basin managed exclusively for wild anadromous fish

Fish and Wildlife

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