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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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COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY PROJECT

Reports

  1. Review of FY 2007-2009 Innovative Proposals for the Columbia River Basin Fish & Wildlife Program

    Jun 27, 2007 / ISRP 2007-9
    The FY 2007-09 innovative proposal solicitation continues the effort of the Council to encourage creative solutions for improving the benefits to fish and wildlife in the...
  2. Pacific Northwest Resource Adequacy Assessment: 2010 and 2012

    Jul 12, 2007 / 2007-9
    Summary In 2006, the Council adopted a resource adequacy standard for the regional power supply based on recommendations from the Resource Adequacy Forum. The term...
  3. Review of the ISEMP John Day Study Plan

    Jun 20, 2007 / ISRP 2007-8
    At the request of BPA and the Council, the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) reviewed the Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program's (ISEMP) study...
  4. 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...
  5. FY 2007-09 Follow-up Review of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Project 199505702

    May 29, 2007 / ISRP 2007-6
    At the Council’s April 24, 2007 request, the ISRP reviewed a revised proposal for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Project. This is a...
  6. ISAB and ISRP Review of the CSS Ten-Year Retrospective Summary Report

    Nov 19, 2007 / ISAB/ISRP 2007-6
    see Appendix > This report is the most recent in a series of ISAB and ISRP reviews of the Comparative Survival Study. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (the...
  7. Final Review of Proposal for Project 2003-063-00, Natural Reproductive Success & Demographic Effects of Hatchery-Origin Steelhead in Abernathy Ck, Washington

    May 10, 2007 / ISRP 2007-5
    At the Bonneville Power Administration and the Council’s request, the ISRP reviewed the proposal for Project 2003-063-00, Natural Reproductive Success & Demographic Effects...
  8. ISAB/RP review of the Salmonid Field Protocols Handbook

    Sep 28, 2007 / ISAB/ISRP 2007-5
    see appendix > On April 18th, 2007, the Council asked the ISAB and ISRP to review the Salmonid Field Protocols Handbook, which was assembled under the aegis of several...
  9. Continuing Investigation of Alternative Strategies for Habitat Acquisition

    Oct 01, 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...
  10. Directory of Columbia River Basin Tribes

    Jun 01, 2007 / 2007-5
    The Council assembled this directory to enhance our understanding and appreciation of the Columbia River Basin tribes, including the First Nations in the Canadian portion of...
  11. Review of Desert Wildlife Area O&M proposal

    Apr 18, 2007 / ISRP 2007-4
    At the Council’s request, this is the ISRP's review of a response from WDFW for proposal 2006-003-00, Desert Wildlife Area O&M (Wetland Enhancement) to the ISRP’s...
  12. Review of draft Viability Criteria for Application to Interior Columbia Basin Salmonid ESUs

    Jul 18, 2007 / ISAB 2007-4
    In a March 16, 2007 letter from NOAA Fisheries, Dr. Usha Varanasi requested that the ISAB review the March, 2007 technical review draft of the Viability Criteria for...
  13. Investigation of Wildlife O&M Costs

    Oct 01, 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...
  14. Biennial Monitoring Report on the Fifth Power Plan

    Jan 05, 2007 / 2007-4
    Introduction Major findings of the 5th Power Plan The Council adopted its Fifth Power Plan in December of 2004. The plan broke new ground in its analysis of...
  15. 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...
  16. Human Population Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife

    Jun 08, 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...
  17. ISRP Response Loop Review of FY 2007 – 09 Proposal 2007-034-00: Columbia Cascade Pump Screen Correction

    Mar 29, 2007 / ISRP 2007-2
    The ISRP recommendation for proposal 2007-034-00 – Columbia Cascade Pump Screen Correction is: Meets Scientific Review Criteria – In Part (qualified). In the preliminary...
  18. Climate Change Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife

    May 11, 2007 / ISAB 2007-2
    Warming of the global climate is unequivocal. Evidence includes increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising...
  19. 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...
  20. Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report to Congress

    Jan 01, 2007 / 2007-2
    To Congress and the citizens of the Pacific Northwest: In Fiscal Year 2006, the Council issued the first electricity resource adequacy standard for the Northwest, a...
  21. Northwest Wind Integration Action Plan

    Mar 01, 2007 / WIF 2007-1
    Overview It has been eight months since we began addressing the challenge of how to best integrate wind energy into the Pacific Northwest’s existing hydro-rich...
  22. ISRP 2006 Retrospective Report

    Mar 01, 2007 / ISRP 2007-1
    This report provides: * an analysis of results reporting in FY 2007-09 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program project proposals, * guidance to improve...
  23. ISAB Latent Mortality Report

    Apr 06, 2007 / ISAB 2007-1
    Correction, June 11, 2007: The ISAB has been informed that we incorrectly attributed to Dr. David Welch the hypothesis that, the hydrosystem indirectly affects...
  24. Review of the SOS Revenue Stream Report

    Feb 25, 2007 / IEAB 2007-1
    The IEAB reviewed the "Revenue Stream: An Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Removing the Four Dams on the Lower Snake River" (1mb PDF) prepared by the Save Our...
  25. A Pilot Capacity Adequacy Standard For the Pacific Northwest

    Dec 12, 2006 / 2006-23
    The Council has adopted a Resource Adequacy Pilot Capacity Standard for the Pacific Northwest. The capacity standard represents the third and final phase in the development...
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