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  • Fish and Wildlife

    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. Wildlife Help

    Feb 14, 2018 John Harrison
    Idaho, Bonneville Power Administration agree to settlement of wildlife impacts of Albeni Falls Dam.

  2. Cost Savings

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

  3. Reconnecting a River

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

  4. Wildlife Haven

    Jun 13, 2017 John Harrison
    In the central Willamette Valley of Oregon, a conservation easement retired farming and is rapidly evolving ideal wildlife habitat

  5. U.S. Court Of Appeals rules for the Council in lawsuit over the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program

    May 23, 2017 John Harrison
    On July 19, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum opinion rejecting all arguments made by petitioner Northwest Resource Inf

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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
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