Proposed Outline
of the revised Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program,
organized on a framework basis

Part 1 -- Framework concept

A. Power Act requirements/Fish and Wildlife Program
B. New approach and organization -- Fish and Wildlife Program as a framework of goals and objectives
C. Framework concept and elements -- vision/objectives/strategies & principles/scientific foundation, at the basin, ecological province and subbasin levels Part 2 -- Framework foundation A. Scientific foundation (1) Role and organization of the scientific foundation
(2) General ecosystem science principles
(3) Ecological structure -- ecosystem/basin/ecological provinces/subbasins
4) Information structure B. Human effects foundation/social-economic concepts and principles
C. Legal foundation Part 3 -- Basin/systemwide level

A. Ecological description of Columbia River basin
B. Vision
C. Biological objectives

(1) Ecosystem characteristics
(2) Biological performance

D. Strategies
E. Policies and principles for implementation (1) Policy foundation/principles
(2) General principles relating to habitat investments
(3) Artificial production policies and implementation procedures, presumably from APR (apply throughout basin, but to be applied at province/subbasin level)
(4) General biological principles to guide passage investment decisions, presumably from Council’s report on Corps’ capital program (apply throughout basin, but to be applied at province/subbasin level)
(5) Systemwide water, dissolved gas and hydrosystem management principles and implementation guidelines/strategies (apply at systemwide level)
(6) General principles concerning relationship of this program to harvest management
(7) Principles/framework guiding research, monitoring and evaluation
(8) Principles/framework guiding data management and analysis
(9) Subbasin planning criteria and procedures
(10) Procedures, criteria and priorities to govern implementation processes, including the project funding review process and associated Independent Scientific Review Panel reviews; also including the description of whatever structure or coordination you have for organizing and reviewing efforts at subbasin and systemwide levels
11) Principles relating to future hydroelectric development/Protected Areas (directly from Section 12 of current program) Part 4 -- Ecological Provinces [for each of the 11 provinces, which are Columbia River Estuary, Lower Columbia, Columbia Gorge, Columbia Plateau, Columbia Cascade, Inter Mountain, Mountain Columbia, Blue Mountain, Mountain Snake, Middle Snake, Upper Snake] A. Ecological description of province/list of subbasins
B. Vision
C. Biological objectives Ecosystem characteristics
Biological performance D. Strategies
[Next step is subbasin planning consistent with basin and province objectives.] Go to Schedule