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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 assure the Pacific Northwest of an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply.

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Reports and Documents

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COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY PROJECT

Reports

  1. Pacific Northwest Resource Adequacy Warning Implementation Plan

    Dec 11, 2006 / 2006-22
    This paper describes the role the Council will take and the Council’s expectations of the roles others will take in the Pacific Northwest Resource Adequacy Implementation...

  2. Three-Step Review Process

    Nov 01, 2006 / 2006-21
    As part of the Council’s Fish and Wildlife Project Funding Recommendations for Fiscal Years 2007-09, the Council confirmed the continued use of the three-step review process...

  3. Summary of Components of the “Best of the Region” Standard for New Non-Residential Building Proposal: Invitation to Comment

    Oct 19, 2006 / 2006-20
    The Council invites your review and comment on its proposed specifications for implementation of the Fifth Power Plan model conservation standards for new commercial...

  4. The role of renewable resources in the Fifth Power Plan

    Oct 05, 2006 / 2006-19
    The current rate of renewable resource development in the Northwest is unprecedented in the history of the Council. More than 450 megawatts of generation using renewable...

  5. Pacific Northwest Resource Adequacy Implementation Plan

    Sep 19, 2006 / 2006-17
    In its Fifth Power Plan, the Council recognized the importance of developing a resource adequacy framework and standard. Action items ADQ-1 and ADQ-2 in the plan call for...

  6. FY 2007-2009 Draft recommendations

    Sep 01, 2006 / 2006-16
    Public comments were received through October 6, 2006. The Council is seeking public comments on its draft fish and wildlife project funding recommendations to the...

  7. Proposal to add Province-level biological objectives

    Aug 22, 2006 / 2006-15
    To Interested Parties: The Council invites your review and comment on this proposal for how to add biological objectives of a certain type to the Council’s Columbia...

  8. Fiscal Year 2008 budget and Fiscal Year 2007 revisions

    Jul 01, 2006 / 2006-13
    Over the past eight years, the Council has worked with Bonneville to adopt budget agreements resulting in approximately $6.1 million of savings between Fiscal Year 1998 and...

  9. Fifth Annual Report to the Northwest Governors On Expenditures of the Bonneville Power Administration

    May 01, 2006 / 2006-11
    In Fiscal Year 2004, the Bonneville Power Administration spent a total of $493.6 million, and in Fiscal Year 2005 a total of $576.3 million, to implement the Council’s...

  10. International Columbia River Basin Center of Knowledge proposal

    May 23, 2006 / 2006-8
    Dear Interested Party: The Council and the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) propose the creation of a comprehensive, publicly accessible repository of information about the...

  11. A Framework for ISRP Review of New and Ongoing Projects for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Dec 11, 2006 / ISRP 2006-7
    The Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) recently completed a review of 540 proposals submitted to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council to implement the...

  12. December 2006 Review of Compass Model version 1.0

    Dec 01, 2006 / ISAB 2006-7
    At the request of NOAA Fisheries (NOAA), the ISAB provides the attached report, which assesses the COMPASS Model, Version 1.0. This report is the third in a series of ISAB...

  13. Columbia Basin Data Center proposal

    May 01, 2006 / 2006-7
    In May 2000 the Independent Scientific Review Panel reported on the inadequacies of the data system for Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife. The panel noted significant...

  14. ISRP Final Review of Proposals submitted for Fiscal Years 2007-2009 Funding through the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Aug 31, 2006 / ISRP 2006-6
    This report provides the final comments and recommendations of the Independent Scientific Review Panel and Peer Review Groups (together referred to as ISRP) on 540...

  15. COMPASS Model Development: ISAB reply to NOAA Fisheries’ request for a reaction to the COMPASS team response

    Aug 08, 2006 / ISAB 2006-6
    At the request of NOAA Fisheries (NOAA), this is the ISAB's reply to the response of the COMPASS team (detailed in Dr. Rich Zabel's PowerPoint presentation to the ISAB on...

  16. Review of the Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan: Step 1 of a 3-step process

    Aug 09, 2006 / ISRP 2006-5
    At the Council's request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation's Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan as part of the Step One process of the Council's Three Step...

  17. ISAB review of Council proposal for a Columbia River Basin Data Center

    Jul 18, 2006 / ISAB 2006-5
    As requested by the Council in May 2006, this is the ISAB's review of the Council's proposal for a data management center. In sum, the ISAB finds the Council proposal and...

  18. A Resource Adequacy Standard for the Pacific Northwest

    May 17, 2006 / 2006-5
    Letter from the Chair Dear Interested Party: In its 5th Northwest Power Plan, the Council recognized the importance of developing a resource adequacy framework and...

  19. Preliminary Review of FY 2007-09 Proposals for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Jun 02, 2006 / ISRP 2006-4
    * Part 1: Programmatic Comments (2006-4a) * Part 2: Recommendations and comments on each proposal + Fastest: recommendations online (to be restored shortly) ...

  20. Review of the Draft Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance Document

    Jun 06, 2006 / ISAB/ISRP 2006-4
    In April 2005, the Council requested that the ISAB and ISRP jointly review the document, Draft Guidance for Developing Monitoring and Evaluation as a Program Element of the...

  21. Draft Guidance for Developing Monitoring and Evaluation as a Program Element of the Fish and Wildlife Program

    Mar 01, 2006 / 2006-4
    The Council has released this document for public review, to guide monitoring within the Fish and Program towards an integrated, regional approach. The section of the...

  22. Response Review of Fiscal Year 2006 Proposal, "An Acoustic Tracking Array for Studying Ocean Survival and Movements of Columbia River Salmon (2003-114-00)"

    Feb 14, 2006 / ISRP 2006-3
    Background At the request of the Council (dated 9 January 2006), the ISRP reviewed the revised Fiscal Year 2006 proposal "An Acoustic Tracking Array for Studying Ocean...

  23. Review of the 2005 Comparative Survival Studies’ Annual Report and Applicability of Comparative Survival Studies’ Analysis Results

    Mar 15, 2006 / ISAB 2006-3
    On December 20, 2005, the Council requested that the Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) review the 2005 Annual Report for the Comparative Survival Study (CSS)...

  24. Columbia River Research Plan (2006)

    Feb 01, 2006 / 2006-3
    Note: This plan has been replaced by the 2017 Research Plan. For 25 years, the Council has supported a diverse range of research to pursue the biological objectives of...

  25. Response Review of FY 2006 Proposal, Estuary RM&E Pilot Project (2005-001-00)

    Jan 26, 2006 / ISRP 2006-2
    At the request of the Council and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the ISRP reviewed the revised FY 2006 proposal “Estuary RM&E Pilot Project (2005-001-00)” and...
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