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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.

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The Fish and Wildlife Program

2025-26 Amendment Process 2014/2020 Program Program Tracker: Resources, Tools, Maps Project Reviews and Recommendations Costs Reports

Independent Review Groups

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Adaptive Management Anadromous Fish Mitigation Blocked Areas Hatcheries & Artificial Production Invasive and Non-Native Species Lamprey Predation: Sea lions, pike, birds Protected Areas Research Plan Resident Fish Program Tracker: Resources, Tools, Maps Sockeye Sturgeon
Power Planning

The Council develops a plan, updated every five years, to assure the Pacific Northwest of an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply.

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The Northwest Power Plan

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Reports and Documents

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COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY PROJECT

Reports

  1. II. Scientific foundation and principles of the program

    Dec 30, 2014
    The scientific foundation describes our best current understanding of the biological realities that govern how the program’s vision will be accomplished. It is summarized...

  2. Appendix N. Species

    Dec 30, 2014
    Focal species are identified in the subbasin plans. Below is a general list of the program’s 275 focal species. However to verify that a species is considered a focal...

  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 Name ...

  4. Appendix J. Wildlife crediting forum

    Dec 30, 2014
    In 2010 the Council chartered the Wildlife Crediting Forum to provide advice on the crediting and accounting of wildlife habitat mitigation associated with the construction...

  5. Appendix S. Responses to recommendations and comments, including findings on recommendations not adopted into the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program

    Dec 30, 2014
    In this section of the fish and wildlife program (Appendix S), the Council explains its disposition of the program amendment recommendations the Council received at the...

  6. Appendix G. Climate change impacts in the Columbia River Basin

    Dec 30, 2014
    The purpose of this appendix is to identify possible future climate change impacts in the Columbia River Basin, based on literature review and available climate change...

  7. Appendix C. Wildlife mitigation priorities, construction and inundation loss assessments, and dam licensing considerations

    Dec 30, 2014
    1. Mitigation priorities a) Bonneville and wildlife agencies and tribes Ensure that wildlife mitigation projects implemented in fulfillment of this program consider...

  8. Appendix B. Estimates of hydropower-related losses

    Dec 30, 2014
    From the 1987 Fish and Wildlife Program, see: * Compilation of Information on Salmon and Steelhead Losses in the Columbia River Basin and * Numerical Estimates of...

  9. C. Independent scientific and economic review

    Dec 30, 2014
    Independent scientific review is a critical part of fish and wildlife project implementation, research, and development in the Columbia River Basin. Independent scientific...

  10. B. Program coordination

    Dec 30, 2014
    The Council will continue to identify and provide regional leadership and coordination on a variety of fish and wildlife issues by bringing the appropriate expertise...

  11. A. Project review process

    Dec 30, 2014
    The 1996 amendments to the Northwest Power Act, which added Section 4(h)(10)(D), directed the Council to oversee, with the assistance of the Independent Scientific Review...

  12. B. Fish Propagation Including Hatchery Programs

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy Use hatchery programs as tools to help meet the mitigation requirements of the Northwest Power Act. Rationale Hatcheries and other propagation measures...

  13. Appendix L. Reporting

    Dec 30, 2014
    The Council’s annual report to Governors and Congress (for example, the 2013 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Costs Report) provides an accounting of fish and...

  14. II. Investment strategy

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy Assure funding to identified program priorities to maximize the biological response resulting from ratepayer and cost-shared investments. Rationale The...

  15. I. Program measures

    Dec 30, 2014
    The Council’s fish and wildlife program consists of a number of different types of “measures.” The Northwest Power Act (and thus the program, too) uses the term “measures”...

  16. 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...

  17. Part Four: Adaptive Management

    Dec 30, 2014
    The Council is committed to an adaptive management approach that uses research and monitoring data to understand, at multiple scales, how program projects and measures are...

  18. 8. Public engagement

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy On an ongoing basis, the Council will educate and involve Northwest citizens to develop, implement, and improve understanding of the fish and wildlife program...

  19. 7. Eulachon

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy Increase understanding, protection, and required restoration of eulachon for the Columbia Basin, estuary, and ocean ecosystems. Better understand how the...

  20. 6. Lamprey

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy Implement actions that result in increased abundance and survival for lamprey, including habitat actions, dam operations and passage, monitoring populations,...

  21. 5. Sturgeon

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy Implement actions that result in increased abundance and survival for Columbia River Basin green and white sturgeon, including habitat actions, dam operations...

  22. 4. Resident fish mitigation

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy For resident fish and other aquatic species impacted by the hydrosystem, protect and mitigate freshwater and associated terrestrial habitat, and native fish...

  23. 3. Anadromous fish mitigation in blocked areas

    Dec 30, 2014
    Strategy Mitigate through implementation of a variety of actions that may include passage investigation, reintroduction of anadromous fish, habitat improvements, and...

  24. Part Six: How the Program is Implemented

    Dec 30, 2014
    The Council’s fish and wildlife program consists of a number of different types of “measures.” The Northwest Power Act (and thus the program, too) uses the term “measures”...

  25. Appendix A. Glossary

    Dec 30, 2014
    Accuracy - The accuracy of a measurement is the degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to that quantity's actual (true) value, i.e., how close a measurement is...
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