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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Habitat Potential

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

  7. Cost Savings

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

  8. Reconnecting a River

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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. High School Students Debate Salmon Reintroduction

    Mar 9, 2016 John Harrison
    The Reardan, Washington, High School Agricultural Issues team debated reintroduction of salmon above Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams before the Council on March 8.

  14. 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

  15. NOAA Fisheries Will Investigate Salmon Reintroduction Into Blocked Areas

    Jun 2, 2015 John Harrison
    In a warming world, climate change will alter lowland salmon habitat, encouraging fish to spawn in higher elevations, and so reintroducing salmon into higher-elevation habitat where their passage is

  16. 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

  17. Upper Columbia tribes draft work plan for salmon reintroduction

    Jan 16, 2015 John Harrison
    The Spokane-based Upper Columbia United Tribes organization (UCUT) is seeking comments on its draft work plan to study the feasibility of reintroducing salmon and steelhead to a

  18. BPA, Idaho sign agreement to benefit wildlife and habitat

    Sep 16, 2014 John Harrison
    The State of Idaho and the Bonneville Power Administration have agreed on a 10-year mitigation program that would resolve Idaho’s share of the impacts of Federal Columbia Rive

  19. Idaho, BPA propose wildlife settlement agreement

    Aug 7, 2014 John Harrison
    The state of Idaho and the Bonneville Power Administration have reached a tentative agreement on a 10-year mitigation program that would resolve issues about the effects of fede

  20. Idaho Takes Next Step in Sockeye Salmon Recovery

    Nov 6, 2013 John Harrison
      Adult sockeye ready to spawn in Redfish Lake after migrating 900 miles from the ocean. Completion of a new Snake River sockeye salmon hatchery in Idaho in December will inaug

  21. Ninth Circuit Appeals Court upholds Council’s consideration of fish and wildlife interests in developing regional power plan

    Sep 25, 2013
    On September 18, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming the Council’s consideration of fish and wildlife interests in developing its Sixth Northwest Conser

  22. Council adopts 25 subbasin plans to guide fish and wildlife mitigation in the Columbia River Basin

    Feb 26, 2013
    PORTLAND — Twenty-five 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 w

  23. 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

  24. Independent Scientists Complete Review of Fish and Wildlife Proposals

    Apr 6, 2012 Carol Winkel
    The Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s panel of independent scientists recently completed a review of 71 projects to implement the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

  25. Tell Us How to Improve Local Fish and Wildlife Efforts

    Aug 2, 2011 Carol Winkel
    The Council's Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program depends on local watershed plans--subbasin plans--to inform its recommendations about what projects to fund. These plans connect all the various
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