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  1. ISRP Response Review: Yakama Nation’s Revised Master Plan for Yakima Subbasin Summer- and Fall-run Chinook, Coho Salmon and Steelhead

    Sep 24, 2020 ISRP 2020-09
    On August 7, 2020, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council requested that the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) review a response from the Yakama Nation regarding the ISRP’s review of

  2. Review of the Yakama Nation’s Revised Master Plan for Yakima Subbasin Summer- and Fall-run Chinook, Coho Salmon and Steelhead

    Feb 13, 2020 ISRP 2020-3
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's November 6, 2019 request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Revised Master Plan for Yakima Subbasin Summer- and Fall-run Chinook, C

  3. Response Review of Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Program (Project #1996-040-00)

    Oct 20, 2017 ISRP 2017-10
    At the Council’s September 25, 2017 request, the ISRP reviewed a response from the Yakama Nation regarding Project #1996-040-00, Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Project.

  4. Follow-up Review of Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Program - Response Requested

    Apr 10, 2017 ISRP 2017-4
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s February 15, 2017 request, the ISRP reviewed a revised Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Program Master Plan which included responses to iss

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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:                    

  9. 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

  10. Response Review of the Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook and Coho Salmon Hatchery Master Plan (#1988-115-25)

    Jul 17, 2013 ISRP 2013-8
    At the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s February 27, 2013 request, the ISRP reviewed a response from the Yakama Nation regarding the Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook and Coho Sa

  11. 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

  12. ISRP Review of the Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook and Coho Salmon Hatchery Master Plan, 1988-115-25

    Sep 17, 2012 ISRP 2012-13
    At the Council’s July 24, 2012 request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Master Plan titled Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook and Coho Salmon Hatchery Master Plan, a component of Pr

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Response Request for Step Review of the Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan (#1996-040-00)

    Nov 24, 2009 ISRP 2009-47
    At the Council’s September 24, 2009 request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan (23 September 2009 revised version) and response documents, as part of

  18. 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

  19. 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.

  20. Step One Review of the Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan (#1996-040-00)

    Mar 19, 2009 ISRP 2009-6
    At the Council’s December 2008 request, the ISRP reviewed the Yakama Nation’s Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan (11 November 2008 revised version), as Step One of the Council’s Three-Ste

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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
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