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  1. Economics of the Northern Pike Invasion in the Columbia River Basin

    Jun 10, 2019 2019-7
    2019 economics report on the impact of northern pike in the Basin

  2. 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 Kerr) Dam that affect Flathead

  3. Review of Hungry Horse Mitigation Retrospective Report

    Aug 30, 2016 ISRP 2016-10
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s May 17, 2016 request, the ISRP reviewed a report for the Flathead River system titled Retrospective Report Hungry Horse Mitigation. The

  4. Review of Lake Trout control objectives for the Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake Project #1991-019-01

    Mar 1, 2011 ISRP 2011-7
    On January 24, 2011, the Council asked the ISRP to review a submittal from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) to the Budget Oversight Group for Project #1991-019-01, Hungry Horse Mitig

  5. Step Review of MFWP’s response to the ISRP’s 2007 review of the revised Master Plan for the Sekokini Springs Isolation Facility, Hungry Horse Mitigation, Project #199101903

    Sep 29, 2008 ISRP 2008-12
    At the Council’s August 8, 2008 request, the ISRP reviewed Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ (MFWP) response to our 2007 review of the revised Master Plan for the Sekokini Springs Isolation Facili

  6. Step Review of Sekokini Springs Isolation Facility, Hungry Horse Mitigation, Project #199101903

    Oct 23, 2007 ISRP 2007-16
    At the Council’s July 2007 request, the ISRP reviewed Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ (MFWP) revised Master Plan for the Sekokini Springs Isolation Facility (previously called the Sekokini Sprin

  7. Review of the latest revision of the FY 2007-09 proposal 199101901 (dated 05/25/07), Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake

    Jun 20, 2007 ISRP 2007-7
    read full review revised proposal original proposal This is the ISRP's fourth review related to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' project 199101901 (Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake)

  8. Human Population Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife

    Jun 8, 2007 ISAB 2007-3
    Also see this GoogleEarth file for more in-depth data.Don't have GoogleEarth? Get it free. Introduction The impact of human settlement in the Columbia River Basin is rarely i

  9. Climate Change Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife

    May 11, 2007 ISAB 2007-2
    see presentation > (3.1mb PDF)   Warming of the global climate is unequivocal. Evidence includes increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and r

  10. Interim Reply: Combined Step Review for Sekokini Springs Natural Rearing Facility and Educational Center, Hungry Horse Mitigation, Project #199101903

    May 13, 2005 ISRP 2005-10
    This is an interim reply by ISRP to Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks' (MDFWP) Master Plan for the Sekokini Springs Natural Rearing Facility and Educational Center (Hungry Horse Mitigatio

  11. Second Review of Proposal to Evaluate the Biological Effects of the Council's Mainstem Amendments on the Fisheries Upstream and Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams

    Apr 8, 2004 ISRP 2004-6
    This is the ISRP's final review of the "Proposal to Evaluate the Biological Effects of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Mainstem Amendments on the Fisheries Upstream and Downstream of Hu

  12. Preliminary Review of Hungry Horse and Libby Proposal

    Jan 20, 2004 ISRP 2004-3
    At the Council's December 23, 2003 request, the ISRP reviewed the Proposal to Evaluate the Biological Effects of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Mainstem Amendments on the Fisheries Ups

  13. Review of IEAB's Activities and Contributions to Fish and Wildlife Planning

    Jan 9, 2003 IEAB 2003-1
    Introduction (as letter to Chairman Cassidy) During the past two months the Independent Economics Analysis Board (IEAB) prepared the enclosed Review of the IEAB's Activities and Contributions to NPPC

  14. Review of Council Staff's Draft Research Plan for Fish and Wildlife in the Columbia River Basin

    Apr 15, 2002 ISRP 2002-4
    INTRODUCTION ISRP COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT RESEARCH PLAN Background of the Research Plan Best Scientific Information Research Plan Development Audience The Meaning of Research (Module 1, sections 2-4) T

  15. Review of “Development of a Regional Framework for Fish and Wildlife Restoration in the Columbia River Basin”

    Aug 31, 1998 ISAB 98-6
    In 1993 the Independent Scientific Group (ISG) concluded that a major shortcoming of the Northwest Power Planning Council's Fish and Wildlife Program was that it lacked an explicit conceptual foundati

  16. An Integrated Framework for Fish and Wildlife Management in the Columbia River Basin

    Oct 4, 1997 97-2
    The decline of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin is a central concern to natural resource management in the Pacific Northwest. The region’s efforts to reverse the decline are structur

  17. Downstream Passage for Salmon at Hydroelectric Projects in the Columbia River Basin: Development, Installation, And Evaluation

    Oct 1, 1997 97-15
    Executive summary From 1933 to 1975, development of the hydroelectric system on the mainstem Columbia and Snake rivers involved construction of a series of major dams. Of these dams, Grand Coulee Dam

  18. Lessons from Existing Studies of the Economics of Fish and Wildlife Recovery Measures in the Northwest

    Jul 1, 1997 IEAB 1997-2
    Independent Economic Analysis Board:Emery N. Castle, ChairJoel R. Hamilton, Vice-chairKenneth C. BoireDaniel D. HuppertLon L. PetersJack A. RichardsAnthony D. ScottPaul C. Sorensen Purpose The Northwe

  19. Ecological impacts of the flow provisions of the Biological Opinion for endangered Snake River salmon on resident fishes in the Hungry Horse and Libby systems in Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia

    Mar 4, 1997 ISAB 97-3
    Within the community of biologists in the basin, contention exists with respect to the scientific rationale for late summer flow augmentation in the mainstem Columbia River intended to assist outmigra
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