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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 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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Reports and Documents

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COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY PROJECT

Reports

  1. Review of the Comparative Survival Study’s Draft 2012 Annual Report

    Oct 15, 2012 / ISAB 2012-7
    Background The Council’s 2009 amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program call for a regular system of independent and timely science reviews of the...
  2. Update to Forecast of Fuel Prices

    Jul 20, 2012 / 2012-07
    The Council monitors its power planning assumptions on a regular basis to identify any significant changes that might affect its power plan. Because various organizations...
  3. Final Review of Proposals for the Resident Fish, Data Management, and Regional Coordination Category

    Apr 03, 2012 / ISRP 2012-6
    Also see: * Comments on the draft Resident Fish and Wildlife Monitoring Strategies (ISRP 2012-6a) * Feb 2012 Preliminary Review * invitation for public...
  4. Review of the Columbia Estuary Ecosystem Restoration Program

    Sep 10, 2012 / ISAB 2012-6
    Comment on this report by November 16, 2012 The Council invites your comments on this ISAB review of three documents from the Corps of Engineers and Bonneville Power...
  5. Energy Efficiency in the Future

    Jul 13, 2012 / 2012-06
    This 2-page handout describes energy efficiency as addressed in the 6th Power Plan, and ongoing efficiency achievements in the region.
  6. ISRP Review of the Yankee Fork Salmon River Restoration Accord project (2002-059-00)

    Mar 21, 2012 / ISRP 2012-5
    On February 17, 2012, the Council requested that the ISRP review a revised proposal and supporting appendices for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ (Tribes) Accord project,...
  7. Review of the draft 2011 Fish Passage Center Annual Report

    Jul 12, 2012 / ISAB 2012-5
    The Council’s 2009 amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program call for a regular system of independent and timely science reviews of the Fish Passage...
  8. ISRP review of the Yakama Nation's Project, Rock Creek Fish and Habitat Assessment (2007-156-00)

    Mar 12, 2012 / ISRP 2012-4
    Also see Accords page. At the Council’s February 3, 2012 request, the ISRP reviewed a revised proposal for the Yakama Nation’s Project, Rock Creek Fish and Habitat...
  9. ISAB Review of draft 2012 MERR and HLI Reports

    May 30, 2012 / ISAB 2012-4
    In April 2012, the Council requested that the ISAB review two documents: (1) the March 2012 draft Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Reporting, and Data Access Framework...
  10. ISRP Review of the Ocean Synthesis Report: The Marine Ecology of Juvenile Columbia River Basin Salmonids: A Synthesis of Research 1998-2011

    Feb 29, 2012 / ISRP 2012-3
    In response to the Council’s January 19, 2012 review request letter, the ISRP reviewed the report, The Marine Ecology of Juvenile Columbia River Basin Salmonids: A...
  11. Review of Lamprey Synthesis Report

    May 11, 2012 / ISAB 2012-3
    Attached is the ISAB’s review of the report titled: Synopsis of Lamprey-Related Projects Funded through the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. The synopsis was...
  12. Draft 11th Annual Report to the Northwest Governors on Bonneville Power Administration Expenditures

    Jun 13, 2012 / 2012-03
    The Council is seeking public comments on its draft 11th annual report to the Northwest governors on fish and wildlife expenditures of the Bonneville Power Administration....
  13. Preliminary Resident Fish, Data Management, and Regional Coordination Review

    Feb 08, 2012 / ISRP 2012-2
    Also see April 2012 Final Review, and invitation for public comment. This 320-page report provides the Independent Scientific Review Panel’s (ISRP) preliminary comments...
  14. High Level Indicators for Monitoring Diversity

    Feb 10, 2012 / ISAB 2012-2
    On October 11, 2011, ISAB members presented a summary of the report: Using a Comprehensive Landscape Approach for More Effective Conservation and Restoration (ISAB 2011-4)...
  15. Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report to Congress

    Jan 18, 2012 / 2012-02
    This report begins with an overview of the state of the Columbia River Basin in terms of the power-planning and hydropower-mitigation requirements of the Northwest Power...
  16. Review of Warm Springs Natural Production M&E Accord Proposal 2008-311-00

    Jan 12, 2012 / ISRP 2012-1
    At the Council’s request, the ISRP reviewed a November 2011 response and revised proposal for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation’s Fish Accord project,...
  17. ISAB Follow-up Review: FPC and CSS analyses of latent mortality of in-river migrants due to route of dam passage

    Jan 03, 2012 / ISAB 2012-1
    In the attached memo, the ISAB re-examines analyses conducted by the Fish Passage Center (FPC) and Comparative Survival Study (CSS) to evaluate whether the route of dam...
  18. 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...
  19. Direct Use of Natural Gas: Economic Fuel Choices from the Regional Power System and Consumer’s Perspective

    Jan 17, 2012 / 2012-01
    This paper was approved at the January 2012 Council Meeting in Portland. Background Is it better to use natural gas directly in water heaters and furnaces or to...
  20. Review of the Fish Accord Proposal: Habitat Restoration Planning, Design and Implementation within the Boundaries of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, Lower Deschutes River, Oregon, #2008-301-00

    Dec 21, 2011 / ISRP 2011-27
    At the Council’s November 17, 2011 request, the ISRP reviewed a revised version of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (CTWSRO) Fish Accord Proposal:...
  21. Review of the Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Plan and Proposals for the Willamette Valley Project

    Dec 15, 2011 / ISRP 2011-26
    see January 2012 Council presentation At the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Council, the Independent Science Review Panel (ISRP) reviewed the Corps’...
  22. ISRP Retrospective Report 2011

    Dec 09, 2011 / ISRP 2011-25
    see January 2012 Council presentation (7.5mb PDF) This 2011 Retrospective Report expands upon the review of results that the ISRP conducted as part of its programmatic...
  23. Review of the Estuary Cumulative Effects Study's draft 2010 Annual Report (US Army Corps of Engineers Program)

    Nov 14, 2011 / ISRP 2011-24
    In response to a request by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) reviewed the...
  24. Review of CTUIR Habitat Acquisition Accord Proposal (2008-207-00)

    Nov 08, 2011 / ISRP 2011-23
    At the Council’s September 23, 2011 request, the ISRP reviewed a response for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s proposal titled Ceded Area...
  25. Review of the Idaho Office of Species Conservation’s project, Lemhi River Restoration (#2010-072-00)

    Aug 10, 2011 / ISRP 2011-22
    At the Council’s July 6, 2011 request, the ISRP reviewed a proposal for the Idaho Office of Species Conservation’s Columbia River Fish Accord project titled, Lemhi River...
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