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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.

Fish and Wildlife Overview

The Fish and Wildlife Program
2020 Addendum 2014/2020 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Subbasin Plans Project Reviews and Recommendations

Independent Review Groups

  • Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB)
  • Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB)
  • Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP)

Forums and Workgroups

  • Asset Management Subcommittee
  • Ocean and Plume Science and Management Forum
  • Regional Coordination
  • Science and Policy Exchange
  • Toxics Workgroup
  • Columbia Basin Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Workgroup
  • Informal Hatchery Workgroup
  • Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup

Topics

  • Adaptive Management
  • Anadromous Fish Mitigation
  • Blocked Areas
  • High-level Indicators
  • Invasive and Non-Native Species
  • Lamprey
  • Predation: Sea lions, pike, birds
  • Protected Areas
  • Research Plan
  • Resident Fish
  • Resource Tools and Maps
  • Sockeye
  • Sturgeon
  • Hatchery Map
Energy

The Council develops a plan, updated every five years, to ensure the region’s power supply and acquire cost-effective energy efficiency.

Energy Overview

The Northwest Power Plan

The 2021 Northwest Power Plan 2021 Plan Supporting Materials Planning Process and Past Power Plans

Technical Tools and Models

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

Energy Advisory Committees

  • Regional Technical Forum
  • Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
  • Demand Forecast Advisory Committee
  • Demand Response Advisory Committee
  • Generating Resources Advisory Committee
  • Natural Gas Advisory Committee
  • Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee
  • System Analysis Advisory Committee
  • RTF Policy Advisory Committee
  • System Integration Forum
  • Resource Strategies Advisory Committee (Not Active)

Energy Topics

  • Energy Efficiency
  • Demand Response
  • Power Supply
  • Resource Adequacy
  • Energy Storage
  • Hydropower
  • Transmission

Energy Forums and Workgroups

  • Pacific NW Demand Response Project
  • Northwest Wind Integration Forum (Archive)
Meetings
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Recent and Upcoming Meetings

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AUG 2021
WED FRI
04 - 06
RAAC/SAAC - Adequacy/GENESYS Technical Conference
AUG 2021
TUE WED
10 - 11
Council Meeting
AUG 2021
MON
23
1:00 pm—2:30 pm
Council Meeting Webinar to Discuss the Draft 2021 Power Plan and Decision to Release for Public Review and Comment
AUG 2021
TUE
31
9:00 am—2:45 pm
RTF Meeting
SEP 2021
MON
13
9:00 am—12:00 pm
Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup
SEP 2021
TUE WED
14 - 15
Council Meeting
SEP 2021
TUE
21
10:00 am—11:00 am
Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meeting
SEP 2021
TUE WED
21 - 22
RTF Meeting
SEP 2021
MON
27
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Montana
SEP 2021
WED
29
9:00 am—11:30 am
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
OCT 2021
THU
07
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Washington
OCT 2021
TUE
12
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Oregon
OCT 2021
TUE WED
12 - 13
Council Meeting
OCT 2021
THU
14
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Idaho
OCT 2021
TUE
19
9:30 am—3:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE
09
9:00 am—1:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE WED
16 - 17
Council Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE
30
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
DEC 2021
TUE WED
07 - 08
RTF Meeting
DEC 2021
MON
13
9:00 am—11:00 am
Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup
DEC 2021
TUE WED
14 - 15
Council Meeting
JAN 2022
TUE WED
11 - 12
Council Meeting
JAN 2022
WED
19
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Ocean and Plume Science and Management Forum
JAN 2022
TUE
25
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF New Member Orientation: January 25, 2022
JAN 2022
WED
26
9:00 am—1:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JAN 2022
FRI
28
8:30 am—11:30 am
Power Committee Meeting
FEB 2022
MON
14
9:00 am—10:30 am
Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meeting
FEB 2022
TUE WED
15 - 16
Council Meeting
FEB 2022
WED
23
9:00 am—2:30 pm
RTF Meeting
MAR 2022
WED
02
9:30 am—3:00 pm
System Integration Forum: Scope of Work on Potential Lower Snake River Dam Analysis
MAR 2022
TUE
08
1:30 pm—2:30 pm
Public Affairs Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
MON TUE
14 - 15
Council Meeting
MAR 2022
FRI
18
9:00 am—11:00 am
Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
TUE WED
22 - 23
RTF Meeting
MAR 2022
WED
30
9:30 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q1 Meeting
APR 2022
TUE WED
12 - 13
Council Meeting
APR 2022
TUE WED
19 - 20
RTF Meeting
MAY 2022
TUE WED
10 - 11
F&W and Power Committee Meetings
MAY 2022
WED
18
Council Meeting
MAY 2022
TUE
24
9:00 am—2:30 pm
RTF Meeting
JUN 2022
WED
08
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q2 Meeting
JUN 2022
TUE WED
14 - 15
Council Meeting
JUN 2022
WED THU
22 - 23
RTF Meeting
JUL 2022
WED THU
06 - 07
F&W and Power Committee Meetings
JUL 2022
TUE WED
12 - 13
Council Meeting
JUL 2022
TUE WED
19 - 20
RTF Meeting
AUG 2022
TUE
09
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
AUG 2022
TUE WED
16 - 17
Council Meeting
SEP 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
Council Meeting
SEP 2022
TUE WED
20 - 21
RTF Meeting
SEP 2022
WED
28
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q3 Meeting
OCT 2022
TUE WED
04 - 05
F&W and Power Committee Meetings
OCT 2022
TUE WED
11 - 12
Council Meeting
OCT 2022
TUE WED
18 - 19
RTF Meeting
NOV 2022
TUE
08
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2022
TUE WED
15 - 16
Council Meeting
NOV 2022
WED
30
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q4 Meeting
DEC 2022
TUE WED
06 - 07
RTF Meeting
DEC 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
Council Meeting
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Reports and Documents

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Reports

  1. Recent Trends in Energy Consumption and Their Impact on the Northwest Economy (Draft)

    Jul 13, 2018 / 2018-10
    The Council is requesting comment on its paper "Recent Trends in Energy Consumption and Their Impact on the Northwest Economy" Comments are due by August 24, 2018 The...

  2. ISRP Response Review of the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Hatchery Master Plan

    Oct 29, 2018 / ISRP 2018-9
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 1, 2015 request, the ISRP reviewed the Walla Walla Hatchery Program Spring Chinook Salmon Monitoring and...

  3. Power System Value of Conserved Irrigation Diversions

    Jul 11, 2018 / 2018-9
    This paper provides an estimate of the power-system value of water that remains in the river from conserved irrigation diversions, both in terms of energy gained and...

  4. ISRP 2018 Research Project Status Review

    Sep 28, 2018 / ISRP 2018-8
    This report provides the Independent Scientific Review Panel’s (ISRP) final comments and recommendations on 25 research-focused projects (see list of projects and their...

  5. ISRP Follow-up Review of the Upper Columbia United Tribes’ Monitoring and Evaluation Program (#2008-007-00)

    Sep 07, 2018 / ISRP 2018-7
    At the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s July 17, 2018 request, the ISRP reviewed a response from the Upper Columbia United Tribes for Project #2008-007-00, Upper...

  6. Pacific Northwest Power Supply Adequacy Assessment for 2023

    Jun 14, 2018 / 2018-7
    Executive Summary Accounting for existing resources, planned resources that are sited and licensed, and the implementation of the Council’s energy efficiency targets,...

  7. ISRP Step 2 and 3 Review for the Melvin R. Sampson Coho Facility – Response Requested

    Jul 26, 2018 / ISRP 2018-6
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 6, 2018 request, the ISRP reviewed Step 2 and 3 documents from the Yakama Nation for the Melvin R....

  8. Request for Recommendations to Amend the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    May 16, 2018 / 2018-6
    Request for Recommendations to Amend the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program May 16, 2018 Council Document...

  9. Step 1 Review of Pacific Lamprey Master Plan

    May 16, 2018 / ISRP 2018-5
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s March 29, 2018 request, the ISRP reviewed the document Master Plan: Pacific Lamprey Artificial Propagation,...

  10. Northwest Under-Served Energy Efficiency Markets Assessment - DRAFT

    May 10, 2018 / 2018-5
    The Council is requesting comment for its report: Northwest Under-served Energy Efficiency Markets Assessment Comments were due by July 16, 2018. Read the comments...

  11. Review of Klickitat River Spring Chinook Master Plan: Response Requested

    May 11, 2018 / ISRP 2018-4
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Klickitat River Spring Chinook Master Plan (2018 Master Plan)...

  12. ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2018 Annual Report

    Oct 18, 2018 / ISAB 2018-4
    * See full report * See addendum Summary The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program calls for a regular system of independent and timely science...

  13. 2017 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Costs Report

    Jul 11, 2018 / 2018-4
    This is the 17th year the Council has reported to the governors on the cost of implementing the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, which Bonneville...

  14. Response Review of Northern Pike Suppression and Monitoring (project 2017-004-00)

    Apr 23, 2018 / ISRP 2018-3
    In response to the Council’s March 12, 2018 request, the ISRP reviewed a March 9, 2018 response to the ISRP’s January 2018 review of a proposal titled Northern Pike...

  15. Review of the 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Mar 23, 2018 / ISAB 2018-3
    The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Council) requested that the Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) evaluate the scientific merits of the Council’s 2014...

  16. Fiscal Year 2020 Budget and 2019 Revisions

    May 15, 2018 / 2018-3
    This budget was approved at the July 2018 Council meeting.

  17. Review of 2017 Lamprey Synthesis Report

    Jan 18, 2018 / ISRP 2018-2
    In response to the Council’s November 21, 2017 request, the ISRP reviewed the report Synthesis of Threats, Critical Uncertainties, and Limiting Factors in Relation to Past,...

  18. Review of NOAA Fisheries Document: A Power Analysis of Two Alternative Experimental Designs to Evaluate a Test of Increased Spill at Snake and Columbia River Dams, Using Smolt-to-Adult Returns of Anadromous Salmonids

    Mar 19, 2018 / ISAB 2018-2
    In response to a January 2018 request from NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Center, the ISAB reviewed the document A Power Analysis of Two Alternative...

  19. The Value of the Federal Columbia River Power System

    Mar 23, 2018 / 2018-2
    The Federal Columbia River Power System is one of the largest multiple-use river systems in the world. The Bonneville Power Administration markets the electricity, and it...

  20. Response Request for Northern Pike Suppression and Monitoring Proposal

    Jan 17, 2018 / ISRP 2018-1
    In response to the Council’s December 7, 2017 request, the ISRP reviewed a proposal titled Northern Pike Suppression and Monitoring (#2017-004-00) from the Colville...

  21. Review of Spring Chinook Salmon in the Upper Columbia River

    Feb 09, 2018 / ISAB 2018-1
    * Update June 4, 2018: ISAB Response to Grant County Public Utility District comments * Updated April 10, 2018. See Update Statement * Presentation to Council,...

  22. Avoided Carbon Dioxide Production Rates in the Northwest Power System

    Mar 13, 2018 / 2018-1
    Summary The impact of future carbon dioxide (CO2) regulation is a significant risk in long-term utility resource planning. Improper accounting for this risk when...

  23. Report of Independent Auditors in Accordance with Federal Audit Requirements for Federal Awards and Financial Statements, FY 2018

    Sep 30, 2018
    See attached Moss-Adams audit which concluded September 30, 2018.

  24. Montana Operations at Libby and Hungry Horse Dams

    Mar 23, 2017 / 2017 MT
    This paper reviews the development and status of operations at Libby and Hungry Horse dams (Montana Operations), and related operations at Selis Ksanka Qlispe (formerly...

  25. A guide to major hydropower dams of the Columbia River Basin

    Nov 13, 2013 / 2017 Dam Guide
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