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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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Reports

  1. ISAB 2024 Review of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Sep 17, 2024 / ISAB 2024-2
    The Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) has a basic responsibility to evaluate the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (Program) of the Northwest Power...

  2. ISAB Review of Technical Memorandum: Loss Assessment of Spring/Summer Chinook in the Upper Snake River Basin

    Aug 01, 2024 / ISAB 2024-1
    The Upper Snake River Tribes (USRT) Foundation asked that the ISAB review the scientific elements of a loss assessment of spring/summer Chinook salmon in the Upper Snake...

  3. 2020 Addendum to the 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Nov 09, 2020 / 2020-9
    Pursuant to Section 4(h) of the Northwest Power Act, the Council began amending its 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program in May of 2018 by requesting that state and federal fish...

  4. 2020 Addendum to the 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program — Part II: Program Implementation

    Jan 14, 2020 / 2020-1
    At its January 2020 meeting, the Council adopted Part II of the 2020 Addendum to the 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (see sidebar link). Part II...

  5. 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...

  6. 2014/2020 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Aug 23, 2017 / 2014-12
    The Council's program is the largest regional effort to recover and protect fish and wildlife in the nation. Funded by the federal Bonneville Power Administration under the...

  7. 3. Anadromous fish mitigation in blocked areas

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy Mitigate through implementation of a variety of actions that may include passage investigation, reintroduction of anadromous fish, habitat improvements, and...

  8. I. Program measures

    Dec 30, 2014
    The Council’s fish and wildlife program consists of a number of different types of “measures.” The Northwest Power Act (and thus the program, too) uses the term “measures”...

  9. Appendix D. Program goals and objectives

    Dec 30, 2014
    Theme One: Protect and Enhance Habitat to Provide a Home for Species 1. Goal: Provide environmental conditions that support ecosystem functions necessary to restore...

  10. 7. Climate change

    Dec 30, 2014
    Sub-strategy Better understand how the effects of climate change may impact fish and wildlife populations and mitigation and restoration efforts implemented under the...

  11. 1. Refining program goals and quantitative objectives

    Dec 30, 2014
    Working with others in the region, including the state and federal fish and wildlife agencies and tribes, other federal agencies and the independent science panels, the...

  12. A. Program goals and quantitative objectives

    Dec 30, 2014
    The program aims to rebuild healthy, naturally producing fish and wildlife populations adversely affected by the construction and operation of hydroelectric dams in the...

  13. III. Goals and Objectives — the changes we want to achieve

    Dec 30, 2014
    The program aims to rebuild healthy, naturally producing fish and wildlife populations adversely affected by the construction and operation of hydroelectric dams in the...

  14. Part Three: Basinwide Vision, Scientific Foundation, Goals, Objectives, and Strategies

    Dec 30, 2014
    The vision for this program is a Columbia River ecosystem that sustains an abundant, productive, and diverse community of fish and wildlife, supported by mitigation across...

  15. Review of BPA's A Framework for the Fish and Wildlife Program Data Management

    Jul 22, 2013 / ISAB 2013-2
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 7, 2013 request, the ISAB reviewed the Bonneville Power Administration’s document A Framework for the...

  16. Review of 2009 Fish and Wildlife Program

    Mar 08, 2013 / ISAB 2013-1
    ISAB Chair Rich Alldredge, Vice-chair Chris Wood, and member Greg Ruggerone presented findings from this report at the Council’s March 13 meeting in Portland. ...

  17. Findings and Responses to Comments relating to the Council’s decision to amend the Fish and Wildlife Program to add the Blackfoot River Subbasin Plan

    Feb 16, 2011 / 2011-03
    The Council is adopting the management plan elements of the Blackfoot River Subbasin Plan into the Council’s Fish and Wildlife Program. This document explains the Council’s...

  18. Findings and Responses to Comments relating to the Council’s decision to amend the Fish and Wildlife Program to add the Bitterroot River Subbasin Plan

    Jan 09, 2010 / 2010-14
    Under Section 4(h) of the Northwest Power Act, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council oversees the development, amendment, and implementation of a program to...

  19. Interactions between Fish and Wildlife Program and Sixth Power Plan (Phase 1): Task 138

    Feb 01, 2009 / IEAB 2009-1
    This report describes some interactions between the Fish and Wildlife Program (FWP) and the Sixth Power Plan, suggests that some of these interactions be considered in the...

  20. Review of the Biological Objectives in the 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program

    Jul 27, 2001 / ISAB 2001-6
    The Council’s 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program (FWP) established a broad framework for fish and wildlife mitigation and recovery within the Columbia River Basin. The framework...

  21. Critical Uncertainties in the Fish and Wildlife Program

    Jan 27, 1993 / SRG 93-3
    We present and discuss critical ecological uncertainties that identify important gaps in our knowledge of the resources and functional relationships that determine fish and...

  22. 1982 Columbia River Basin Fish & Wildlife Program

    Nov 15, 1982 / 1982 Program
    The 1982 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program is an important step in this rebuilding the natural resources to support fish and wildlife in the Columbia Basin.
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