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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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21
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02
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17
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08
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23
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20
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21
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27
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07
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20
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26
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27
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APR 2025
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03
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10
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15
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16
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24
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29
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29
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30
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17
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26
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09
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22
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18
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21
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13
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09
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COLUMBIA RIVER HISTORY PROJECT

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  1. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Review materials for ISAB Review of Proposed Spill Study

    Review materials for ISAB Review of Proposed Spill Study
  2. REPORT
    Jan 31, 2002
    2002-3

    Mainstem Passage Strategies In the Columbia River System: Transportation, Spill, and Flow Augmentation (aka "Giorgi Report")

    Mainstem Passage Strategies In the Columbia River System: Transportation, Spill, and Flow Augmentation (aka "Giorgi Report") Also see Dr. Giorgi's presentation and public comments Executive Summary The National Marine Fisheries Service 2000...
  3. REPORT
    Apr 06, 2004
    ISRP 2004-5

    Review of Summer Spill Study Proposal

    Review of Summer Spill Study Proposal In early March 2004, the Council requested that the ISRP review the US Geological Survey's proposal, "Estimating the survival of sub-yearling Chinook salmon through Bonneville Dam during two spill operation scenarios...
  4. REPORT
    Mar 19, 2018
    ISAB 2018-2

    Review of NOAA Fisheries Document: A Power Analysis of Two Alternative Experimental Designs to Evaluate a Test of Increased Spill at Snake and Columbia River Dams, Using Smolt-to-Adult Returns of Anadromous Salmonids

    Review of NOAA Fisheries Document: A Power Analysis of Two Alternative Experimental Designs to Evaluate a Test of Increased Spill at Snake and Columbia River Dams, Using Smolt-to-Adult Returns of Anadromous Salmonids In response to a January 2018 request...
  5. REPORT
    Apr 12, 2021
    ISAB 2021-1

    ISAB Dam Bypass Selectivity Report

    ISAB Dam Bypass Selectivity Report In December 2020, NOAA Fisheries asked the Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) to review the scientific findings and subsequent dialogue associated with two published papers (Faulkner et al. 2019, Storch et al....
  6. REPORT
    Oct 18, 2022
    ISAB 2022-1

    ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2022 Annual Report

    ISAB Review of the Comparative Survival Study (CSS) Draft 2022 Annual Report The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program calls for a regular system of independent and timely science reviews of the Fish Passage Center’s (FPC) analytical products....
  7. REPORT
    Feb 20, 2014
    ISAB 2014-2

    Review of the Proposed Spill Study

    Review of the Proposed Spill Study April 19, 2014 Presentation to Council In response to the Council's request, the ISAB reviewed the spill experiment proposed by the State of Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe, and others for inclusion in the Council’s Fish...
  8. REPORT
    Feb 15, 2000
    ISAB 2000-1

    Review of Studies of Fish Survival in Spill at The Dalles Dam

    Review of Studies of Fish Survival in Spill at The Dalles Dam The Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) was asked in a memo dated November 10, 1999 from Brian J. Brown, Chair, Implementation Team (IT), addressed to Michael Schiewe and Chip...
  9. REPORT
    Sep 16, 2008
    ISAB 2008-5

    Snake River Spill — Transport Review

    Snake River Spill — Transport Review On March 24, 2008, the ISAB received an assignment from Dr. Usha Varanasi, NOAA’s Science and Research Director, to provide a scientific review of seasonal transportation benefit. Dr Varanasi requested that the ISAB...
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