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    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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  1. Long-Term Cost Planning for the Fish and Wildlife Program

    Sep 12, 2015 IEAB 2015-1
    The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program is a long-term and sustained effort to mitigate the effects of the hydroelectric system development and operation on fish and wildlife. The early yea

  2. 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 hydrosystem. Analyze the power system eff

  3. Review of the report Okanogan Streamflow: ISRP Update, Opportunities for Instream Flow Restoration (Project #2007-224-00)

    Jul 18, 2014 ISRP 2014-7
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 16, 2014 request, the ISRP reviewed the report titled Okanogan Streamflow: ISRP Update, Opportunities for Instream Flow Restoration

  4. IEAB recommendations related to amendments for the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program

    Mar 20, 2014 IEAB 2014-1
    The Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB) provides economic advice and analysis on issues related to the Council’s Fish and Wildlife Program. In this task, the IEAB provides an economic perspec

  5. Review of the IEAB Fish Tagging Cost Effectiveness Model

    Sep 30, 2013 ISAB 2013-3
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 2013 request, the ISAB reviewed the Independent Economic Analysis Board’s report: Cost-Effectiveness of Fish Tagging Technologies

  6. IEAB 2013 Annual Report

    Sep 4, 2013 IEAB 2013
    This letter is to update the Council regarding our activities in 2013 and to suggest some ideas for additional work in 2014. The IEAB currently consists of five members:                    

  7. Economic Risk of Zebra and Quagga Mussels in the Columbia River Basin

    Sep 4, 2013 IEAB 2013-2
    This report is an update to the IEAB report 2010-1 titled “Economic Risk Associated with the Potential Establishment of Zebra and Quagga Mussels in the Columbia River Basin.”  Overall, the inform

  8. Cost-Effectiveness of Fish Tagging Technologies and Programs in the Columbia River Basin

    Jun 2, 2013 IEAB 2013-1
    Fish tagging and marking play important roles for stock assessment, research, management, and recovery efforts for salmonid and other fishes in the Columbia River Basin (CRB). Current fish tagging pro

  9. Cost-Effectiveness Strategies for the Fish and Wildlife Program

    Feb 20, 2012 IEAB 2012-1
    The Northwest Power Act contains language promoting the cost-effectiveness of the Council’s Fish and Wildlife Program (the Program). The Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB) assists the Counci

  10. Cost–Effectiveness of Improved Irrigation Efficiency and Water Transactions for Instream Flow for Fish

    Dec 5, 2011 IEAB 2011-2
    Summary Irrigation is by far the largest consumptive use of diverted water in the Columbia Basin, so it is not surprising that improved irrigation efficiency is often discussed as an approach to enha

  11. Scoping Task for Review of Hatchery EIS Economic Appendices, Task #171 Report

    Jan 19, 2011 IEAB 2011-1
    Background In 2009 the IEAB completed a Phase I report on Integrated Hatchery Operations under Task 139. The report provided a preliminary discussion of the possible effects of HSRG recommendations

  12. Economic Risk Associated with the Potential Establishment of Zebra and Quagga Mussels in the Columbia River Basin

    Jul 14, 2010 IEAB 2010-1
    The zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and quagga mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, two species of invasive bivalve mollusks, pose an economic risk to the Columbia River Basin (the Basin), but th

  13. ISAB Review of NOAA Fisheries’ 2010 Low Flow Fish Transport Operations Proposal

    Apr 9, 2010 ISAB 2010-2
    On February 25, 2010, NOAA Fisheries requested ISAB assistance with a question related to a low flow transportation proposal for the spring 2010 juvenile salmon outmigration. Current river forecasts p

  14. Review of Draft Sixth Power Plan Chapter 11, Capacity and Flexibility Task 152

    Nov 2, 2009 IEAB 2009-3
    The IEAB has reviewed Chapter 11 of the Draft 6th Power Plan. This chapter provides an excellent discussion of the relevant technical information about flexibility options for variable generation reso

  15. Integrated Hatchery Operations: Fish and Wildlife Program Costs and Other Economic Effects Phase 1

    May 1, 2009 IEAB 2009-2
    This report documents a preliminary investigation of the economic effects of implementing the Hatchery Scientific Review Group (HSRG) draft recommendations on Fish and Wildlife Program (FWP) projects.

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

    Feb 1, 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 Power Plan, and discusses ad

  17. Investigation of Wildlife O&M Costs

    Oct 1, 2007 IEAB 2007-4
    The purpose of this task was to investigate operations and maintenance (O&M) costs for wildlife projects to further the cost-effectiveness goal of the Fish and Wildlife Program. The scope of this

  18. Continuing Investigation of Alternative Strategies for Habitat Acquisition

    Oct 1, 2007 IEAB 2007-5
    The IEAB examined the cost-effectiveness of different approaches used by BPA to acquire and protect habitat in Task 104 "Scoping Investigation of Approaches to Preserving Habitat" (IEAB 2006). In that

  19. Review of draft Viability Criteria for Application to Interior Columbia Basin Salmonid ESUs

    Jul 18, 2007 ISAB 2007-4
    In a March 16, 2007 letter from NOAA Fisheries, Dr. Usha Varanasi requested that the ISAB review the March, 2007 technical review draft of the Viability Criteria for Application to Interior Columbia B

  20. SAFE Review 2007 — Review of the Select Area Fishery Evaluation Project Reports: Final Completion Report, October 1993 to October 2005 (April 2006) and Economic Analysis Study (November 2006)Project #1993-060-00

    Apr 11, 2007 ISRP/IEAB 2007-3
    The ISRP and IEAB reviewed two reports pertaining to the Select Area Fisheries Enhancement Project (SAFE). The ISRP evaluation focuses on "Select Area Fishery Evaluation Project, October 1993 to Octob

  21. Project Cost Escalation Standards: Task 115

    Mar 30, 2007 IEAB 2007-2
    Project costs as described in project proposals sometimes turn out to be inaccurate. One source of error involves cost estimation in the presence of inflation and price changes. The purpose of this pa

  22. Review of the SOS Revenue Stream Report

    Feb 25, 2007 IEAB 2007-1
    The IEAB reviewed the "Revenue Stream: An Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Removing the Four Dams on the Lower Snake River" (1mb PDF) prepared by the Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS) organizat

  23. Scoping Investigation of Available Project Information

    Jun 20, 2006 IEAB 2006-2
    The purpose of this task is to review the status of available information for fish and wildlife projects in 2007 fish and wildlife project proposals (proposals) and in Pisces, and to recommend whether

  24. A Scoping Investigation of Approaches to Preserving Habitat

    Jun 5, 2006 IEAB 2006-1
    This task report: (1) outlines different approaches that have been used by BPA and other organizations to acquire and preserve habitat, (2) examines the attributes of these approaches, and (3) propose

  25. Review of the Estimated Economic Impacts of Salmon Fishing in Idaho

    Dec 1, 2005 IEAB 2005-2
    In "The Potential Economic Impact of Restored Salmon and Steelhead Fishing in Idaho" (2005) Don Reading reports that recreational fishing from a restored salmon and steelhead recreational fishery woul
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