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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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  • Energy

    The Council develops a plan, updated every five years, to ensure the region’s power supply and acquire cost-effective energy efficiency.

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  • Meetings
    See next Council meeting September 17 - 18, 2019 in Corvallis › See all meetings ›

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    • Feb 2019 Wed 20
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: February 20, 2019
    • Feb 2019 Thu 21
      9:30 am—3:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting 10:30 am—12:00 pm 2021 Northwest Power Plan Kickoff Webinar
    • Feb 2019 Mon Thu 25 - 28
      Mainstem/Program Support Presentations
    • Feb 2019 Wed 27
      10:00 am—3:30 pm Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee - Technical Committee
    • Mar 2019 Fri 01
      1:30 pm—3:30 pm Generating Resources Advisory Committee Webinar
    • Mar 2019 Wed 06
      9:00 am—3:00 pm RTF Policy Adivsory Committee Meeting 9:30 am—3:30 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Mar 2019 Tue Wed 12 - 13
      Council Meeting
    • Mar 2019 Mon 18
      1:30 pm—3:00 pm Mainstem/Program Support Projects
    • Mar 2019 Tue 19
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: March 19, 2019
    • Mar 2019 Tue 26
      9:30 am—3:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting 9:00 pm—12:00 pm Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee - Steering Committee
    • Mar 2019 Wed 27
      1:00 pm—4:00 pm System Integration Forum - EE/DR Interaction
    • Apr 2019 Wed 03
      9:30 am—3:30 pm Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
    • Apr 2019 Tue Wed 09 - 10
      Council Meeting
    • Apr 2019 Thu 11
      9:30 am—3:00 pm System Analysis Advisory Committee - Modeling Techniques and Assumptions (AURORA)
    • Apr 2019 Tue 23
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: April 23, 2019
    • May 2019 Wed 01
      9:30 am—4:00 pm SIF: Climate Change and the 2021 Power Plan Workshop
    • May 2019 Thu 02
      10:00 am—12:00 pm Hatchery Workgroup
    • May 2019 Mon 06
      3:00 pm—5:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
    • May 2019 Tue Wed 07 - 08
      Council Meeting
    • May 2019 Tue 14
      9:00 am—12:00 pm Generating Resources Advisory Comm
    • May 2019 Thu 16
      9:30 am—11:30 am Demand Forecast Adv. Committee Webinar: Climate Change Discussion
    • May 2019 Tue 21
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: May 21, 2019
    • May 2019 Wed 22
      9:30 am—3:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
    • May 2019 Wed 29
      9:30 am—12:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
    • May 2019 Fri 31
      9:30 am—2:30 pm RTF Policy Advisory Committee
    • Jun 2019 Mon 03
      10:00 am—3:00 pm Natural Gas Advisory Committee
    • Jun 2019 Tue 04
      9:30 am—3:45 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Jun 2019 Wed 05
      9:00 am—3:00 pm Pacific NW Demand Response Project Meeting
    • Jun 2019 Tue Wed 11 - 12
      Council Meeting
    • Jun 2019 Tue 18
      9:00 am—11:00 am Hatchery Workgroup 9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: June 18, 2019
    • Jun 2019 Mon 24
      9:00 am—12:00 pm Council Work Session for Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments
    • Jun 2019 Thu 27
      10:30 am—12:00 pm Asset Management Subcommittee
    • Jul 2019 Tue Wed 16 - 17
      Council Meeting
    • Jul 2019 Tue 23
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: July 23, 2019
    • Jul 2019 Thu 25
      9:30 am—3:30 pm Conservation Resources Adv. Committee - 2021 Power Plan
    • Aug 2019 Mon 12
      1:00 pm—5:00 pm Regional Coordination Forum
    • Aug 2019 Tue Wed 13 - 14
      Council Meeting
    • Aug 2019 Tue 13
      5:00 pm—6:30 pm Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Aug 2019 Tue 20
      9:00 am—3:00 pm Generating Resources / System Analysis Advisory Committees meeting
    • Aug 2019 Wed 21
      9:30 am—3:45 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee 5:00 pm—6:30 pm Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Aug 2019 Thu 22
      5:00 pm—6:30 pm Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Aug 2019 Mon 26
      1:30 pm—3:30 pm Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee - Technical Committee
    • Aug 2019 Tue 27
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: August 27, 2019
    • Aug 2019 Fri 30
      10:00 am—11:00 am RAAC Steering Committee WEBINAR
    • Sep 2019 Wed 11
      9:00 am—3:00 pm RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
    • Sep 2019 Tue Wed 17 - 18
      Council Meeting
    • Sep 2019 Tue 17
      5:00 pm—6:30 pm Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Sep 2019 Tue 24
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: September 24, 2019
    • Sep 2019 Wed 25
      9:00 am—3:00 pm Generating Resources Advisory Committee
    • Oct 2019 Tue 01
      5:00 pm—6:30 pm Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Oct 2019 Tue Wed 15 - 16
      Council Meeting
    • Oct 2019 Tue 15
      5:00 pm—6:30 pm Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program
    • Oct 2019 Tue 22
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: October 22, 2019
    • Oct 2019 Thu 24
      9:30 am—3:30 pm Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
    • Oct 2019 Wed 30
      9:30 am—3:45 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Nov 2019 Tue Wed 12 - 13
      Council Meeting
    • Nov 2019 Tue 19
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: November 19, 2019
    • Dec 2019 Fri 06
      9:00 am—3:00 pm RTF Policy and Advisory Committee Meeting
    • Dec 2019 Tue Wed 10 - 11
      Council Meeting
    • Dec 2019 Tue 17
      9:00 am—4:00 pm RTF Meeting: December 17, 2019
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  • Reports and Documents

    Browse reports and documents relevant to the Council's work on fish and wildlife and energy planning, as well as administrative reports.

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  1. Draft Seventh Power Plan

    Oct 20, 2015 2015-09
    Note: This draft is replaced by the Final Seventh Power Plan adopted February 10, 2016. This is the Draft Plan released in October 2015: All chapters (except appendices) Chapter 1: Executive Summa

  2. Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2015 Annual Report

    Oct 16, 2015 ISAB 2015-2
    Background The Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s 2009 amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program called for a regular system of independent and timely science reviews

  3. Review of draft Hatchery Asset Assessment RFP

    Oct 8, 2015 ISRP 2015-9
    At the request of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, the ISRP Executive Committee (hereafter "ISRP") reviewed a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) that asks for an assessment of the infrast

  4. Report of Independent Auditors in accordance with OMB Circular A-133 and Financial Statements, FY 2015

    Sep 30, 2015
    See attached Moss-Adams audit which concluded September 30, 2015.

  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. Review of Desert Wildlife Area O&M (Wetland Enhancement) 14-year Final Monitoring Report (2002-2015), Project #2006-003-00

    Aug 14, 2015 ISRP 2015-8
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s July 7 request, the ISRP reviewed the Desert Wildlife Area O&M (Wetland Enhancement) 14-year Final Monitoring Report (2002-2015) for

  7. Review of the draft Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Hatchery Master Plan: Response Requested

    Aug 11, 2015 ISRP 2015-7
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s June 1, 2015 request, the ISRP reviewed the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Hatchery Master Plan (publ

  8. Review of Rock Creek Fish and Habitat Assessment, Project #2007-156-00

    Jul 1, 2015 ISRP 2015-6
    At the Council’s April 9, 2015 request, the ISRP reviewed the “Rock Creek Fish and Habitat Assessment for Prioritization of Restoration and Protection Actions” and supporting documents for the Y

  9. Review of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Program Management Plan

    Jun 22, 2015 ISRP 2015-5
    At the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s May 1, 2015 request, the ISRP reviewed the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Program Management Plan (project #1995-057-

  10. 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Costs Report

    Jun 14, 2015 2015-06
    This is the 14th year the Council has reported to the governors on the cost of implementing the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, which Bonneville funds. The purpose of the r

  11. Pacific Northwest Power Supply Adequacy Assessment for 2020-21

    May 6, 2015 2015-05
    The Pacific Northwest’s power supply is expected to be adequate through 2020. The Council estimates that the likelihood of a power supply shortage in that year is just under the 5-percent standard s

  12. Follow-up Review of Project #2000-031-00, Enhance Habitat in the North Fork John Day River

    Apr 16, 2015 ISRP 2015-4
    At the Northwest Power and Conservation’s February 24, 2015 request, the ISRP reviewed a response from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) to the ISRP’s April 2014 r

  13. Fiscal Year 2017 Budget and 2016 Revisions

    Apr 15, 2015 2015-07

  14. Step One Review of the White Sturgeon Hatchery Draft Master Plan: Lower Columbia and Snake River Impoundments – Response Requested

    Apr 15, 2015 ISRP 2015-3
    In response to the Council’s February 17, 2015 request, the Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) evaluated the White Sturgeon Hatchery Master Plan: Lower Columbia and Snake River Impoundments

  15. Review of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho’s “Kootenai River Reconnection Prioritization Framework” for project #2002-008-00

    Mar 17, 2015 ISRP 2015-2
    In response to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s request, the ISRP reviewed the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho’s “Kootenai River Reconnection Prioritization Framework” for the Reconnect

  16. Density Dependence and its Implications for Fish Management and Restoration in the Columbia River Basin (and July 2016 addendum)

    Feb 25, 2015 ISAB 2015-1
    July 2016 update: CRITFC concerns and request for response (July 2015) CRITFC letter regarding review and analysis of historic run-size estimates (April 2016) ISAB report addendum in response to co

  17. The State of the Columbia River Basin Fiscal Year 2014

    Feb 6, 2015 2015-02
      In the 1980 Northwest Power Act, Congress granted the states, through the Council, a major role in planning future energy resources and protecting fish and wildlife affected by the Columbia River

  18. Review of a Revised Proposal for the Yakama Nation’s Accord project, Upper Columbia Nutrient Supplementation (#2008-471-00)

    Jan 28, 2015 ISRP 2015-1
    In response to the Council’s December 4, 2014 request, the ISRP reviewed a revised proposal for the Yakama Nations’ Upper Columbia Nutrient Supplementation Project (#2008-471-00). The revised prop

  19. Draft Direct Use of Natural Gas Issue Paper

    Jan 14, 2015 2015-01
    Council guidance on Direct Use of Natural Gas Policy for Draft Plan (3/2015) The Council sought comments on its draft issue paper on the direct use of natural gas analysis, prepared as part of the

  20. 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” [see Sections 4(h)

  21. 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 Council’s program contains hundred

  22. III. Implementation procedures

    Dec 30, 2014
    At any point in time, this program is implemented through the collective work of hundreds of projects, funded by ratepayers. For the program to be effective and accountable, reporting and tracking pro

  23. 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 Panel, a process to review pr

  24. 1. Elements of project review

    Dec 30, 2014
    Recognize differences in project types; for example: projects with long-term funding commitments; shorter-term implementation projects (e.g. habitat); and core program-support projects that focus on b

  25. 2. Step review process

    Dec 30, 2014
    As one element of project review, the Council developed a step review process for review of major investments, including new fish hatchery programs and facilities. Step review allows for review of sci
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