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  • Fish and Wildlife

    The Council works to protect and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin. Its Fish & Wildlife Program guides project funding by the Bonneville Power Administration.

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    • 2020 Addendum
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    The Council develops a plan, updated every five years, to ensure the region’s power supply and acquire cost-effective energy efficiency.

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    THE NORTHWEST POWER PLAN

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    • Regional Portfolio Model
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  1. Renewable Energy Gets Its Second Wind

    Aug 22, 2018 Carol Winkel
    Wind and solar generation development is on the rise, thanks to declining costs

  2. Northwest Power Supply Should Be Adequate Through 2021

    Jun 9, 2017 Carol Winkel
    Supply should be adequate through 2020, but the region will need to add new capacity by 2021 to maintain adequacy.

  3. Invasive Mussels Discovered in Montana, Governor Declares Statewide Natural Resource Emergency

    Dec 5, 2016 Carol Winkel
    Montana Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order on November 30 declaring a statewide natural resource emergency for due to the detection invasive aquatic mussel larvae

  4. Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species in the Columbia River

    Dec 17, 2015 Carol Winkel
    Washington State University and the Columbia River Research Lab presented research on Asian copepods, and reviewed a project to enhance the region's ability to detect, and prevent the spread of, invasive quagga and zebra mussels.

  5. A controversy for the Council: Hatchery impacts on wild fish

    Nov 14, 2013 Carol Winkel
    Wiers like this at the outlet of Redfish Lake in central Idaho help biologists sort wild and hatchery fish. Like the proverbial elephant in the room, the future role of salmon

  6. Tagging Sturgeon in Astoria

    Aug 22, 2013 Carol Winkel
    The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with other state and tribal partners, capture and tag sturgeon to assess the population and distribution of white sturgeon in

  7. Construction Barges Contaminated With Invasive Mussels Heading to Seattle

    Apr 13, 2012 Carol Winkel
    We've reported on the threat of invasive quagga mussels in an earlier post, and it looks like that threat has never been greater. Forty-one barges are set to arrive in Seattle

  8. Council Urges Inspections at Lake Mead to Prevent Spread of Invasive Mussels

    Feb 27, 2012 Carol Winkel
    With the spring and summer boating season approaching, the Council recently appealed to the directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Parks Service to use a

  9. Idaho Decontamination System Aims to Prevent Spread of Invasive Mussels

    Mar 30, 2011 Carol Winkel
    The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation unveiled the first-of-its-kind boat wash decontamination system in a recent demonstration at the Boise, Idaho of

  10. The Economic Impact of Invasive Mussels

    Jul 15, 2010 Carol Winkel
    What began with the discovery of a non-native species of mussels in the Great Lakes has now become a major source of alarm for Western states. The small, thumbnail-sized mollusk
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