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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Appendix M. List of subbasin plans and adoption dates

    Dec 30, 2014
    Geographic subbasins in the Columbia River Basin and their adoption dates. See Subbasin Plans page. Subbasin NameYear Plan AdoptedAsotin2004Big White Salmon2004Bitterroot2010Blackfoot2011Boise2005Bru

  4. Part Five: Subbasin Plans

    Dec 30, 2014
    In 2004-05 and 2010-11, the Council adopted into the program 59 subbasin management plans developed by subbasin planning entities consisting of state and federal fish and wildlife agencies and tribes

  5. 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

  6. 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 disposition of the Blac

  7. 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 9, 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 "protect, mitigate and enhance" fish

  8. ISRP Review of Bitterroot and Blackfoot Subbasin Plans

    Nov 23, 2009 ISRP 2009-46
    The ISRP used the same checklist and review approach for the Blackfoot and Bitterroot review as was conducted for the ISRP and ISAB's 2004 subbasin plan review. For each plan, summary comments are pro

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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)

  12. Subbasin Plan Amendments: Findings and Responses to Comments

    Sep 1, 2005 2005-13
    On August 12, 2002, pursuant to Section 4(h) of the Northwest Power Act, the Council requested in writing that state and federal fish and wildlife agencies, Indian tribes and others submit recommendat

  13. 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

  14. Scientific Review of Subbasin Plans for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Aug 12, 2004 ISRP/ISAB 2004-13
    A group of 26 members from the combined Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Independent Scientific Review Panel, and its Scientific Peer Review Groups reviewed the 45 plans that cover 58 subbasins

  15. Comments on the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's (PNAMP) Draft Recommendations for Monitoring in Subbasin Plans

    Apr 22, 2004 ISRP/ISAB 2004-2
    At the Council staff and PNAMP's request the ISRP/AB reviewed PNAMP's draft "Recommendations for Monitoring in Subbasin Plans" which is intended to provide guidance to help support the design of the m

  16. Comments on Flathead and Kootenai Subbasin Plan Presentations

    Apr 16, 2004 ISRP 2004-7
    On March 24, 2004, the ISRP and ISAB met with the Flathead and Kootenai subbasin planners in Kalispell, Montana. The meeting provided an opportunity for the subbasin planners to present their planning

  17. 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

  18. Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan (November 2003 version)

    Feb 6, 2004 ISRP 2004-4
    In November 2003, the Council accepted delivery of the 2003 Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan, a revision of the November 2002 Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan produced in response to an ISRP review of the

  19. 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

  20. Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan

    Feb 18, 2003 ISRP 2003-3
    The draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan represents a major new step in the Council's Fish and Wildlife Program. It is the first of approximately 60 forthcoming subbasin plans intended to provide for each

  21. Recommendations and Guidance for Economic Analysis in Subbasin Planning

    Jan 1, 2003 IEAB 2003-2
    Subbasin planning may need to consider two types of economic issues; 1) economic impacts, and 2) cost-effectiveness. This paper provides general guidance to help planners identify when economic analys

  22. Subbasin Planning Overview

    Sep 1, 2001 2001-19
    Related link: Technical Guide for Subbasin Planners provides more detail on how to develop a subbasin plan Background Subbasin plans are to be developed in an open public process that includes the p

  23. Technical Guide for Subbasin Planners

    Sep 1, 2001 2001-20
    Summary Subbasin plans will be reviewed and adopted as part of the Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (Program), and will help direct Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville)

  24. 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

  25. 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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