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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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    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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  1. Project Improves Habitat and River Conditions for Fish in Upper Grande Ronde River

    Feb 12, 2021 John Harrison
    A project to restore floodplain habitat is paying off with improved flows, decreased bank erosion, improved water temperatures, and increased production of wild juvenile salmon.

  2. Moving Energy Efficiency Forward in the Northwest:

    Apr 13, 2018 Garrett Herndon
    After months of planning and an exhaustive review of hundreds of session topic submissions, the stage is now set for the region’s premier energy efficiency conference, Efficiency Exchange 2018.

  3. What's Old May Be New Again

    Dec 13, 2017 John Harrison
    Fishing with a trap may be an effective way to separate hatchery from wild fish. Illegal since 1934, might this old technology be made new again?

  4. Energy Efficiency Exchange 2018 - Call for Topics

    Sep 20, 2017 Garrett Herndon
    On May 15th and 16th of 2018, energy efficiency professionals from across the region will descend on Tacoma, Washington for Energy Efficiency Exchange 2018. We’re in the midst of planning and would love to hear from you.

  5. Reconnecting a River

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

  6. Efficiency Exchange 2017 Recap

    May 23, 2017 Carol Winkel
    Hear what people are doing to advance energy efficiency in the Pacific Northwest.

  7. 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.

  8. Hatcheries and Wild Salmon: Results From Nearly 30 Years of Study

    May 10, 2016 John Harrison
    Researchers in Idaho find hatcheries can help stabilize a declining salmon population, but not permanently.

  9. Wild fish: Some frustration, some optimism

    Apr 6, 2016 John Harrison
    Northwest state fish managers are both frustrated and optimistic about wild fish returns to the Columbia River. It depends on the species.

  10. 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.

  11. Revised Fish and Wildlife Program Focuses on Ecosystems and Wild Fish

    Oct 8, 2014 John Harrison
    Restoring ecosystems and wild fish throughout the Columbia River Basin is a major theme of the latest Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, which the Council approved

  12. 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
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