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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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News

  1. Fish and Wildlife Program Cost Savings Help Pay For Fish Screen Repairs

    Nov 15, 2019 John Harrison
    Submerged for nearly 30 years, an irrigation canal's fish screens needed major repairs. Cost savings from projects in the Council's program paid for the work.

  2. Reconnecting a River

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

  3. 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.

  4. Culling Cormorants May Not Help Fish Survival

    May 20, 2016 John Harrison
    A preliminary analysis by a U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife scientist suggests no effect on the survival of Snake River steelhead.

  5. 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.

  6. Record Snake River Fall Chinook Egg Nests, Again

    Feb 29, 2016 John Harrison
    In 2015, for the third year in a row, the number of Snake River fall Chinook salmon redds set a record, CRITFC reported this month

  7. Snake River fall Chinook make an impressive comeback

    May 9, 2014 John Harrison
    Snake River fall Chinook salmon are making an amazing resurgence. The return of adult fish from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho rivers in 2013 was 75,846 fish. Of these, 20,222 were

  8. 2013: A record year for fall Chinook

    Sep 27, 2013 John Harrison
         Historic fall Chinook run returns to Columbia River             Fall Chinook salmon are returning to the Columbia River this year and crossi

  9. Sorting Out the Effects of Dams and the Ocean on Salmon Survival

    Sep 27, 2013 Carol Winkel
    David Welch, Kitama Research Services, presented the findings of a paper he coauthored on dam passage and salmon survival. The research, which used acoustic tags, compared the

  10. Fall Chinook salmon run is historic

    Sep 23, 2013 John Harrison
    Salmon crowd the fish ladder on the Washington side of Bonneville Dam, Sept. 21, 2013 Fall Chinook salmon are returning to the Columbia River this year and crossing Bonneville

  11. California Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam Aren't the Problem

    Mar 22, 2012 Carol Winkel
    There's a common perception that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to allow Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to kill California sea lions at Bonnevil
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