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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 Fish and Wildlife Program

    • 2020 Addendum
    • 2014/2020 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
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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

    • The 2021 Northwest Power Plan
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    TECHNICAL TOOLS AND MODELS

    • Regional Portfolio Model
    • Generation Evaluation System Model (GENESYS)

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    • Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
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    • Resource Strategies Advisory Committee (Not Active)

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News

  1. Efficiency Exchange 2017 Recap

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

  2. 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

  3. Construction Barges Contaminated With Invasive Mussels Heading to Seattle

    Apr 13, 2012 Carol Winkel
    We've reported on the threat of invasive quagga mussels in an earlier post, and it looks like that threat has never been greater. Forty-one barges are set to arrive in Seattle

  4. 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

  5. Council Urges Inspections at Lake Mead to Prevent Spread of Invasive Mussels

    Feb 27, 2012 Carol Winkel
    With the spring and summer boating season approaching, the Council recently appealed to the directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Parks Service to use a

  6. Idaho Decontamination System Aims to Prevent Spread of Invasive Mussels

    Mar 30, 2011 Carol Winkel
    The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation unveiled the first-of-its-kind boat wash decontamination system in a recent demonstration at the Boise, Idaho of

  7. The Economic Impact of Invasive Mussels

    Jul 15, 2010 Carol Winkel
    What began with the discovery of a non-native species of mussels in the Great Lakes has now become a major source of alarm for Western states. The small, thumbnail-sized mollusk
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