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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. Upper Columbia Tribes Gather Experts To Strategize About Accelerating The Attack On Northern Pike

    Feb 19, 2021 John Harrison
    The problem of invasive Northern Pike in the Columbia River Basin is one of those problems that is someone else’s until it becomes yours.

  2. Avian Predation: A River System Out Of Balance

    May 18, 2020 John Harrison
    For one steelhead species, the impact is significant, but overall the amount of predation has declined over recent years, a hopeful sign, researchers say.

  3. Sea Lion Reports: Stellers Are Staying Longer At Bonneville And Feasting On Winter Steelhead

    May 5, 2020 John Harrison
    Big sea lions are causing big problems for Columbia River salmon and steelhead, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' annual report on sea lion predation at Bonneville Dam.

  4. Decision Expected This Summer On Application To Remove More Sea Lions

    Apr 17, 2020 John Harrison
    Application targets aggressive sea lions that prey on Columbia River fish between the ocean and McNary Dam.

  5. Washington And Partners Use Early-detection Monitoring To Locate And Control Invasive Aquatic Species

    Oct 22, 2019 John Harrison
    Washington state is watching carefully for signs that invasive species like Northern Pike and zebra and quagga mussels don’t expand (pike) or take hold (mussels) in the state.

  6. Montana, Tribes Seek Partners to Help in Fight Against Invasive Freshwater Mussels

    Jul 23, 2019 John Harrison
    Accelerated effort would include longer hours for boat inspection stations and additional funding.

  7. Climate Change in the 2021 Power Plan

    Jun 13, 2019 Carol Winkel
    How to incorporate climate change impacts in the Northwest power plan is a big question. The Council hosted a workshop on modeling climate change and presented its proposed approach.

  8. Registration Opens For September International Columbia River Conference

    Mar 14, 2019
    The conference in Kimberley, British Columbia, will address key issues including the Columbia River Treaty and climate change, and is being co-hosted by the Columbia Basin Trust and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

  9. As More States Become Eligible, Competition For Funding For Invasive Mussel Watercraft Inspections Could Increase

    Mar 8, 2019 John Harrison
    While federal funding to inspect watercraft entering the four Northwest states is secure for 2019, beginning in 2020 a dozen more states will be eligible.

  10. Council Recommends Funding for Larger Dock to Handle Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam

    Jan 16, 2019
    Sea lion with a sturgeon at Bonneville Dam. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Photo. The Council this month approved a

  11. Climate Change Impacts on Electricity Loads and Hydropower Generation

    Jan 7, 2019 Carol Winkel
    A recently published paper by Council analysts explores how climate-driven variations in both energy demand and water availability affect the power system and risk of power shortfalls in the Pacific Northwest.

  12. Analysis Will Help Target Efforts To Reduce Predation

    Dec 13, 2018 John Harrison
    Fisheries scientists at the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission are developing a model to help better target efforts to control predation on fish in the Columbia and Snake rivers.

  13. Climate Change Challenge In The Columbia River Basin: Managing Water For Hydropower and Fish Migration

    Nov 20, 2018
    If the effects of global climate change play out as expected in the Pacific Northwest, the changing water supply will challenge dam operators to provide reliable hydropower while protecting fish.

  14. 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.

  15. Mixed Review

    Mar 28, 2018 John Harrison
    Scientists say the Council's Fish and Wildlife Program has 'many strengths' but also important weaknesses. The Council is getting ready to begin the next program revision.

  16. Improving Irrigation System Efficiency and Its Impact on the Power System

    Mar 16, 2018 Carol Winkel
    At its March meeting, the Council approved the release of its white paper on the value of improving irrigation system efficiency to the power system. The annual average streamf

  17. Northwest Governors send letter on sea lion predation

    Jan 29, 2018 John Harrison
    The governors of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington sent a letter to the House members of the Northwest Congressional delegation supporting federal legislation that would better control predation by sea lions on Columbia River salmon and steelhead.

  18. Water Storage, Water Power

    Sep 19, 2017 John Harrison
    An unusual partnership between an oil company and a state agency aims to provide water for hydropower and also for storage.

  19. Fish Head Bounty

    Mar 24, 2017 John Harrison
    Northern pike, a voracious predator, are continuing to invade Lake Roosevelt, imperiling other fish species. There is a $10 per fish bounty to get them out of the lake.

  20. Sea Lion Fish Feast

    Mar 1, 2017 John Harrison
    The number of salmon and steelhead consumed by sea lions at Bonneville Dam last year, more than 9,500 fish, was the second-largest since observations and monitoring began in 2002, according to a report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. During their annual spring foray into the Columbia River, sea lions also killed lamprey and sturgeon.

  21. Mussel Strategy

    Jan 23, 2017 John Harrison
    Non-native, invasive freshwater mussels pose "a grave threat to the waters and economic resources" of the state, Governor Steve Bullock said last fall, and now the state has a plan to respond quickly if and when the invaders take hold.

  22. Mussel Alert

    Dec 16, 2016 John Harrison
    Zebra and quagga mussel larvae discovered in several Montana water bodies in November prompted a defensive action to keep the damaging species from invading other Northwest water bodies. Federal money is on the way to help the fight.

  23. 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

  24. The Invasion Strengthens

    Sep 13, 2016 John Harrison
    Researchers have documented an increase in juvenile northern pike in Lake Roosevelt. This is not good news.

  25. Cold-water Species In A Warming Climate

    Aug 12, 2016 John Harrison
    A warming climate, habitat degradation, and predation by an introduced species threaten native bull trout in Montana, but a joint effort involving Montana, the Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and an an international agreement with British Columbia aims to protect and restore the cold-water species.
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