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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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AUG 2021
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23
1:00 pm—2:30 pm
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31
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SEP 2021
MON
13
9:00 am—12:00 pm
Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup
SEP 2021
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SEP 2021
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21
10:00 am—11:00 am
Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meeting
SEP 2021
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RTF Meeting
SEP 2021
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27
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Montana
SEP 2021
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29
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OCT 2021
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07
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Washington
OCT 2021
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12
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Oregon
OCT 2021
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OCT 2021
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OCT 2021
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19
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09
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30
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DEC 2021
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13
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JAN 2022
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19
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Ocean and Plume Science and Management Forum
JAN 2022
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25
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RTF New Member Orientation: January 25, 2022
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26
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JAN 2022
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28
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FEB 2022
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14
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23
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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
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08
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Public Affairs Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
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14 - 15
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MAR 2022
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18
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Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
TUE WED
22 - 23
RTF Meeting
MAR 2022
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30
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RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q1 Meeting
APR 2022
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MAY 2022
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08
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JUN 2022
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22
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JUL 2022
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06 - 07
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08
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Resource Adequacy Adv Comm - Steering Committee
JUL 2022
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12 - 13
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JUL 2022
TUE WED
19 - 20
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AUG 2022
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09
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AUG 2022
TUE WED
16 - 17
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SEP 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
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SEP 2022
TUE WED
20 - 21
RTF Meeting
SEP 2022
WED
28
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RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q3 Meeting
OCT 2022
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04 - 05
F&W and Power Committee Meetings
OCT 2022
TUE WED
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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NOV 2022
WED
30
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DEC 2022
TUE WED
06 - 07
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DEC 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
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Reports and Documents

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Reports

  1. 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)...

  2. 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,...

  3. Review of the draft Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Hatchery Master Plan: Response Requested

    Aug 11, 2015 / ISRP 2015-7
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 1, 2015 request, the ISRP reviewed the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Walla Walla Spring Chinook...

  4. Summary Review of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan 2011-2014

    Jun 18, 2014 / ISRP 2014-6
    See the ISRP's July 8, 2014 presentation to the Council > This report summarizes the Independent Scientific Review Panel’s (ISRP) review of the Lower Snake River...

  5. Review of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Fall Chinook Program

    Apr 17, 2014 / ISRP 2014-4
    * See LSRCP response to the ISRP's fall Chinook review (July 1, 2014) * See ISRP Summary Review of the LSRCP Program 2011-2014 (June 18, 2014; ISRP 2014-6) The...

  6. Review of NOAA Fisheries' Viable Salmonid Population (VSP) Modeling of Willamette River Spring Chinook Populations

    Aug 01, 2014 / ISAB 2014-4
    Executive Summary: ISAB Review of Fish Passage Analyses and Life-Cycle Models for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Willamette Valley Project November 3, 2014 ...

  7. Final Step 1 Review of the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Hatchery Master Plan 2013

    Sep 16, 2013 / ISRP 2013-12
    At the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s August 19, 2013 request, the ISRP reviewed the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) responses...

  8. Review of the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Master Plan 2013

    Jul 31, 2013 / ISRP 2013-10
    At the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 18, 2013 request, the ISRP reviewed the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Walla Walla...

  9. Review of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Steelhead Program

    May 28, 2013 / ISRP 2013-3
    * See ISRP Summary Review of the LSRCP Program 2011-2014 (June 18, 2014; ISRP 2014-6) The Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) conducted a review of the Lower...

  10. ISRP Step 2 Review of the Klickitat River Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan (project 1988-115-35)

    Sep 07, 2012 / ISRP 2012-12
    At the Council’s July 24, 2012 request, the ISRP conducted a Step Two review of the Yakama Nation’s Klickitat River Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan (project 1988-115-35)...

  11. Follow-up Review of the ODFW Project Grande Ronde Spring Chinook on Lostine/Catherine Creek/ Upper Grande Ronde Rivers (199800704)

    Jul 20, 2011 / ISRP 2011-20
    At the June 10, 2011 request of the Council, the ISRP reviewed a revised proposal for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s project, Grande Ronde Spring Chinook on...

  12. Review of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan’s Spring Chinook Program

    May 27, 2011 / ISRP 2011-14
    * also see presentation > * See ISRP Summary Review of the LSRCP Program 2011-2014 (June 18, 2014; ISRP 2014-6) The Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP)...

  13. Review of Scope Change for WDFW’s Tucannon Steelhead and Spring Chinook Expanded PIT Tagging, 2010-042-00

    Nov 17, 2010 / ISRP 2010-42
    At the Council’s October 20, 2010, request, the ISRP reviewed a change of scope for Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s proposal, Tucannon Steelhead and Spring...

  14. Final review of CRITFC Accord proposal for Monitoring Recovery Trends of Spring Chinook (2009-004-00)

    Jul 09, 2010 / ISRP 2010-24
    Attached is the ISRP's final review of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission’s Accord proposal titled Monitoring Recovery Trends in Key Spring Chinook Habitat...

  15. Review of the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Master Plan (2000-038-00), March 2010 Response

    May 28, 2010 / ISRP 2010-17
    Over the past eight years, the ISRP has conducted numerous reviews of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR) Walla Walla Spring Chinook Master...

  16. Response Request for Accord Proposal, Monitoring Recovery Trends in Key Spring Chinook Habitat Variables and Validation of Population Viability Indicators (2009-004-00)

    Jul 27, 2009 / ISRP 2009-33
    At the Council’s June 26, 2009 request, the ISRP reviewed the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission’s Accord proposal titled Monitoring Recovery Trends in Key Spring...

  17. Review of the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Master Plan

    Nov 13, 2008 / ISRP 2008-14
    At the Council’s September 2008 request, the ISRP reviewed the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s (CTUIR), Walla Walla Spring Chinook Master Plan...

  18. Review of the March 2008 Yakama Nation’s Klickitat Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan

    Jun 17, 2008 / ISRP 2008-6
    Per the Council's April 2008 request, the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Klickitat Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan, March 2008...

  19. Review of the Yakama Nation’s Response to the ISRP’s Step 1 Review of the Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan

    Nov 01, 2005 / ISRP 2005-16
    Background Per the Council’s September 2005 request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s response to the ISRP’s Step 1 review of the updated Klickitat Subbasin...

  20. Review of Updated Proposed Action (UPA) Habitat Projects to Improve Survival of Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook and Steelhead

    Mar 30, 2005 / ISRP 2005-9
    At the request of the Council and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the ISRP reviewed a set of nine habitat projects in the Columbia Cascade Province intended to...

  21. Step 1 Review of the Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan (YKFP-Klickitat Design and Construction, Project #1988-115-35)

    Feb 19, 2005 / ISRP 2005-7
    Per the Council's November 18, 2004 request, the ISRP reviewed the updated Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan (YKFP-Klickitat Design and Construction,...

  22. Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan

    Mar 15, 2005 / 2005-3
    Dear Interested Party: For Fiscal Year 2001, projects in the Columbia Gorge Province were subject to the in-depth province-based review. This province includes the...

  23. Step Two Review of the Northeast Oregon Hatchery (NEOH) Spring Chinook Master Plan: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

    May 18, 2004 / ISRP 2004-10
    Introduction Per the Council's request, attached is the ISRP's review of the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Northeast Oregon Hatchery Imnaha and Grande Ronde Subbasin...

  24. Follow-up to the ISRP Step Two Review of the Northeast Oregon Hatchery (NEOH) Spring Chinook Master Plan

    Aug 12, 2003 / ISRP 2003-12
    Authors: Nancy Huntly, Brian Riddell, Richard Williams Introduction In a June 2, 2003 memo (40k PDF) , the Northwest Power and Conservation Council requested that the...

  25. Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Final Proposal Review

    Apr 23, 2002 / ISRP 2002-6
    The Lower Snake River Compensation Plan (LSRCP) is a complex program to compensate for losses of fish in the Columbia and Snake Rivers due to construction and operation of...
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