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    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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  1. Construction Projects To Improve Fish Survival Are Winding Down At Corps Of Engineers Dams

    May 18, 2020 John Harrison
    The Corps will transition from construction projects in response to direction in the 2008 Biological Opinion to a focus on operations and maintenance, a Corps biologist says.

  2. Science Board, Citing Uncertainties, Says Salmon Reintroduction Above Grand Coulee 'Could Be Successful'

    Nov 15, 2019 John Harrison
    Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams block salmon passage to the upper Columbia River. Reintroduction 'could be successful to some extent,' the Council's Independent Scientific Advisory Board said after reviewing a feasibility report by the Upper Columbia United Tribes. The ISAB found the report scientifically credible and urged an early analysis of potential reintroduction costs.

  3. Washington's Orca Task Force Recommends Protections For A Declining Species

    Oct 23, 2019 John Harrison
    The Southern Resident orca population in Puget Sound, part of an iconic species that is as much a symbol of the Pacific Northwest as salmon, is in trouble, and while their problems are simply stated, solutions will be difficult.

  4. Report Concludes Habitat Above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams Could Support Salmon and Steelhead

    Jun 13, 2019 John Harrison
    The report from the Upper Columbia United Tribes completes the first phase of a three-phase strategy in the Council’s 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program to assess the potential for reintroduction.

  5. Management Actions Have Reduced Predation On Fish By Caspian Terns In The Columbia River Estuary

    Sep 14, 2018 John Harrison
    A management plan to reduce predation by Caspian terns on fish in the Columbia River appears to be working, the research scientist who directs the effort told the Council at its September meeting.

  6. Montana Steps Up Fight Against Invasive Mussels

    Jul 16, 2018 John Harrison
    Montana is on the front line in the war against two species of invasive freshwater mussels, zebras and quaggas, which can cause enormous damage to underwater equipment with blankets of hard, calciferous shells.

  7. BPA Identifies First Potential Cuts in Budget for Council's Fish and Wildlife Program

    Jul 16, 2018 John Harrison
    The Bonneville Power Administration is identifying potential cuts in the budget of the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, including so far to water acquisitions and a net-pen salmon production program.

  8. Habitat Potential

    May 1, 2018 John Harrison
    Analysis suggests adequate habitat for salmon and steelhead above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams.

  9. Cost Savings

    Nov 9, 2017 John Harrison
    Fish and wildlife project savings will be redirected, saving money and protecting ratepayers from higher costs.

  10. Reconnecting a River

    Jul 13, 2017 John Harrison
    Steigerwald Lake floodplain reconnection will improve habitat for migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead.

  11. Fish And Wildlife Project Cost Savings

    Jan 18, 2017 John Harrison
    Cost savings in existing fish and wildlife projects could be shifted to higher-priority projects including scientific research, habitat evaluations, and projects addressing sturgeon and lamprey without adding money to the program.

  12. Moving Fish Over High Dams

    Nov 16, 2016 John Harrison
    In response to a strategy in the Council's 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, a paper by the Council's staff reviews ways that fish are moved past tall or "high head" dams. The paper uses examples of fish passage at dams in the Northwest and elsewhere.

  13. Old Door, New Opening

    Oct 6, 2016 John Harrison
    An old irrigation diversion in the Lostine River is replaced with a modern design, opening access to habitat for spring Chinook salmon, summer steelhead, bull trout and other species.

  14. Stay the Course on Scientific Research, Idaho’s Top Fish and Wildlife Official Says

    May 10, 2016 John Harrison
    Virgil Moore, director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, touts the benefits of research, maintenance of investments, and collaboration.

  15. Council OKs Salmon Habitat Proposal Above Grand Coulee

    Mar 9, 2016 John Harrison
    In a step toward assessing the potential for habitat to support salmon and steelhead above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams, the Council voted to support a research proposal by the Spokane Tribe of Indians.

  16. Lower Columbia Wetlands Restoration Benefits Wildlife, Birds, and Fish

    Oct 13, 2015 John Harrison
    Just a dozen miles northwest of downtown Portland, a cornucopia of wildlife, notably song birds and more than 200,000 migrating waterfowl annually, inhabit the low-lying, marshy

  17. Strategic Plan Will Protect Fish and Wildlife Investments Over Time

    Apr 15, 2015 John Harrison
    In revising the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program in 2014, the Council committed to define and develop a long-term maintenance plan and process to ensure that past

  18. Issues For Next Fish And Wildlife Program Include Dams, Hatcheries, Invasive Species

    Dec 18, 2013 John Harrison
    On the Kootenay River, the second powerhouse at Brilliant Dam, left, was built to accommodate a fish ladder. The dam is near the confluence with the Columbia at Castlegar, Brit

  19. Council adopts 23 subbasin plans to guide fish and wildlife mitigation in Columbia River Basin

    Feb 26, 2013 John Harrison
    Twenty-three locally developed plans that will guide efforts to mitigate the impacts of hydropower dams on fish and wildlife in Columbia River tributaries and parts of the mainstem river were adopted

  20. Council recommends 100 research projects focused on Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife

    Apr 13, 2011 John Harrison
    The Council today recommended 100 projects, some new and some ongoing, to improve scientific knowledge about fish and wildlife throughout the Columbia River Basin. The projects are part of the Council

  21. Council adopts fish and wildlife protection plan for Montana’s Blackfoot River

    Feb 9, 2011 John Harrison
    The Council added a fish and wildlife protection plan for the Blackfoot River in western Montana to its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program this week, paving the way for potential funding t

  22. Interest grows in future dam operations as Columbia River Treaty deadline approaches

    Nov 10, 2010 John Harrison
    Electric utilities, academics, tribes, and government agencies in the United States and Canada are beginning to think about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, the 1964 agreement between the two
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