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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
  • Fuels 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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23
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02
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System Integration Forum: Scope of Work on Potential Lower Snake River Dam Analysis
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08
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30
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APR 2022
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MAY 2022
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08
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06
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08
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Resource Adequacy Adv Comm - Steering Committee
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19
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27
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AUG 2022
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09
9:00 am—12:45 pm
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10
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System Analysis Advisory Committee
AUG 2022
TUE WED
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30
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SEP 2022
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12
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Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup Meeting
SEP 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
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SEP 2022
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28
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OCT 2022
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OCT 2022
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11 - 12
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OCT 2022
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18 - 19
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NOV 2022
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08
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15 - 16
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30
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DEC 2022
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06 - 07
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DEC 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
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Reports and Documents

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COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY PROJECT

Reports

  1. ISRP Review of Grande Ronde Model Watershed 2022 Synthesis Report

    Aug 01, 2022 / ISRP 2022-06
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s May 2, 2022 request, the ISRP reviewed the report, The Grande Ronde Model Watershed: Integrating Science into...

  2. American Shad in the Columbia River: Past, Present, Future

    Oct 22, 2021 / ISAB 2021-4
    * Presentation to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (November 17, 2021) Background. American shad were introduced to West Coast rivers in the late 1800s and...

  3. ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2020 Annual Report

    Oct 29, 2020 / ISAB 2020-2
    The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program calls for a regular system of independent and timely science reviews of the Fish Passage Center’s (FPC) analytical...

  4. ISAB Review of Chapter 2 of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) 2019 Annual Report

    Apr 29, 2020 / ISAB 2020-1
    The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program calls for a regular system of independent and timely science reviews of the Fish Passage Center’s (FPC) analytical...

  5. Staff paper: Review of Fish Passage Technologies at High-Head Dams

    Dec 28, 2016 / 2016-14
    The Anadromous Fish Mitigation in Blocked Areas Strategy in the Council’s 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program, calls for a science-based, phased approach to investigate...

  6. 8. Mainstem hydrosystem flow and passage operations

    Dec 30, 2014
    Sub-Strategy Manage dams and reservoir operations to protect and restore ecosystem function and habitat, and to improve fish passage and survival through the...

  7. Final Review of the US Army Corps of Engineers' Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program for FY2004

    Apr 23, 2004 / ISRP 2004-8
    This is the final report by the ISRP of its initial review of the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program (AFEP) for Fiscal Year 2004. The...

  8. Scoping for Feasibility of Columbia River Mainstem Passage Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Nov 01, 2004 / IEAB 2004-2
    The Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB) has been asked to review current information about Columbia River mainstem bypass spill and alternative juvenile passage...

  9. Juvenile Passage Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Columbia River Basin: Description and Preliminary Analysis

    Jan 01, 2004 / IEAB 2004-1
    Bypass spill for juvenile anadromous fish out-migration and passage improvements to assist juvenile migrants together cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars...

  10. Review of Fiscal Year 2004 Pre-proposals for the US Army Corps of Engineers' Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program

    Oct 15, 2003 / ISRP 2003-14
    In 1998, the U.S. Congress' Senate-House conference report on the Fiscal Year 1999 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill directed the Independent Scientific...

  11. Mainstem Passage Strategies In the Columbia River System: Transportation, Spill, and Flow Augmentation (aka "Giorgi Report")

    Jan 31, 2002 / 2002-3
    Also see Dr. Giorgi's presentation and public comments Executive Summary The National Marine Fisheries Service 2000 Biological Opinion (BO) for the Federal Columbia...

  12. Review of Proposals for Improving Methow and Twisp Rivers for Anadromous Fish Interim Report

    Jun 01, 2002 / IEAB 2002-2
    The Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB) has been asked to review a proposed project to increase in-stream flows and improve fish passage in the Twisp and Methow...

  13. Preliminary review of the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Bonneville Decision Document Juvenile Fish Passage Recommendation October 2001

    Dec 18, 2001 / ISRP 2001-11
    read ISRP comments on Corps' response > Summary This is the ISRP’s preliminary review of the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Bonneville Decision Document...

  14. First Report: The ISAB Corps Capital Construction Project Review

    Jun 09, 1998 / ISAB 98-4
    This report responds to a request for assistance from the Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) dated January 7, 1998 on issues related to the planned capital...
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