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  1. REPORT
    Jan 09, 2010
    2010-14

    Findings and Responses to Comments relating to the Council’s decision to amend the Fish and Wildlife Program to add the Bitterroot River Subbasin Plan

    Findings and Responses to Comments relating to the Council’s decision to amend the Fish and Wildlife Program to add the Bitterroot River Subbasin Plan Under Section 4(h) of the Northwest Power Act, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council oversees the...
  2. REPORT
    Feb 16, 2011
    2011-03

    Findings and Responses to Comments relating to the Council’s decision to amend the Fish and Wildlife Program to add the Blackfoot River Subbasin Plan

    Findings and Responses to Comments relating to the Council’s decision to amend the Fish and Wildlife Program to add the Blackfoot River Subbasin Plan The Council is adopting the management plan elements of the Blackfoot River Subbasin Plan into the...
  3. REPORT
    Feb 06, 2004
    ISRP 2004-4

    Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan (November 2003 version)

    Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan (November 2003 version) In November 2003, the Council accepted delivery of the 2003 Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan, a revision of the November 2002 Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan produced in response to an ISRP...
  4. REPORT
    Feb 18, 2003
    ISRP 2003-3

    Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan

    Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan The draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan represents a major new step in the Council's Fish and Wildlife Program. It is the first of approximately 60 forthcoming subbasin plans intended to provide for each subbasin...
  5. REPORT
    Jan 01, 2003
    IEAB 2003-2

    Recommendations and Guidance for Economic Analysis in Subbasin Planning

    Recommendations and Guidance for Economic Analysis in Subbasin Planning Subbasin planning may need to consider two types of economic issues; 1) economic impacts, and 2) cost-effectiveness. This paper provides general guidance to help planners identify...
  6. REPORT
    Aug 12, 2004
    ISRP/ISAB 2004-13

    Scientific Review of Subbasin Plans for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

    Scientific Review of Subbasin Plans for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program A group of 26 members from the combined Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Independent Scientific Review Panel, and its Scientific Peer Review Groups reviewed...
  7. REPORT
    Apr 22, 2004
    ISRP/ISAB 2004-2

    Comments on the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's (PNAMP) Draft Recommendations for Monitoring in Subbasin Plans

    Comments on the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's (PNAMP) Draft Recommendations for Monitoring in Subbasin Plans At the Council staff and PNAMP's request the ISRP/AB reviewed PNAMP's draft "Recommendations for Monitoring in Subbasin...
  8. REPORT
    Apr 16, 2004
    ISRP 2004-7

    Comments on Flathead and Kootenai Subbasin Plan Presentations

    Comments on Flathead and Kootenai Subbasin Plan Presentations On March 24, 2004, the ISRP and ISAB met with the Flathead and Kootenai subbasin planners in Kalispell, Montana. The meeting provided an opportunity for the subbasin planners to present their...
  9. REPORT
    Nov 23, 2009
    ISRP 2009-46

    ISRP Review of Bitterroot and Blackfoot Subbasin Plans

    ISRP Review of Bitterroot and Blackfoot Subbasin Plans The ISRP used the same checklist and review approach for the Blackfoot and Bitterroot review as was conducted for the ISRP and ISAB's 2004 subbasin plan review. For each plan, summary comments are...
  10. REPORT
    Dec 30, 2014

    Part Five: Subbasin Plans

    Part Five: Subbasin Plans 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 wildlife agencies and tribes (agencies and tribes) and...
  11. REPORT
    Dec 30, 2014

    Appendix M. List of subbasin plans and adoption dates

    Appendix M. List of subbasin plans and adoption dates Geographic subbasins in the Columbia River Basin and their adoption dates. See Subbasin Plans page. Subbasin Name ...
  12. REPORT
    Sep 01, 2005
    2005-13

    Subbasin Plan Amendments: Findings and Responses to Comments

    Subbasin Plan Amendments: Findings and Responses to Comments On August 12, 2002, pursuant to Section 4(h) of the Northwest Power Act, the Council requested in writing that state and federal fish and wildlife agencies, Indian tribes and others submit...
  13. REPORT
    Sep 01, 2001
    2001-19

    Subbasin Planning Overview

    Subbasin Planning Overview Related link: Technical Guide for Subbasin Planners provides more detail on how to develop a subbasin plan Background Subbasin plans are to be developed in an open public process that includes the participation of a wide...
  14. REPORT
    Sep 01, 2001
    2001-20

    Technical Guide for Subbasin Planners

    Technical Guide for Subbasin Planners Summary Subbasin plans will be reviewed and adopted as part of the Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (Program), and will help direct Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville) funding of...
  15. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Palouse Subbasin Plan

    Palouse Subbasin Plan The plan is available in Adobe PDF format by section below. Click filesizes to download. The Management Plan sections (and supplements, where they exist) were formally adopted into the Fish and Wildlife Program. PDF format Section...
  16. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Overview of subbasin planning

    Overview of subbasin planning In 2005 the Council completed one of the largest locally led watershed planning efforts of its kind in the United States, an effort that resulted in separate plans for 58 tributary watersheds or mainstem segments of the...
  17. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    How to cite subbasin plans

    How to cite subbasin plans Adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 14 th Edition Subbasin plans were adopted by the Council as part of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. In this sense, they can be considered “chapters” of the program....
  18. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Bitterroot and Blackfoot subbasin plans

    Bitterroot and Blackfoot subbasin plans See the Bitterroot and Blackfoot plans May 2010: Public hearing Nov 2009: ISRP review and press release Request for comment [deadline was Sep 2009] In September 2009, the Council received subbasin plans for the...
  19. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Subbasin Plans

    Subbasin Plans These plans were solicited as amendments to the 2000 Program , and continue to be part of the Council's current 2026 Fish and Wildlife Program . Asotin Big White Salmon Bitterroot Blackfoot ...
  20. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Asotin Subbasin Plan

    Asotin Subbasin Plan See plan below, including Management Plan sections (and supplements, where they exist) which were formally adopted as amendments to the 2000 Fish and Wildlife Program (and continue to be part of the 2026 Program). Asotin Subbasin Plan...
  21. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Bitterroot Subbasin Plan

    Bitterroot Subbasin Plan Current plan: Executive summary Assessment (added Nov 2009) Inventory Management plan Appendices (75mb PDF, added Nov 2009) May 2010: Public hearing Feb 2010: Request for comments and background on Bitterroot and Blackfoot plans...
  22. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Blackfoot River Subbasin Plan

    Blackfoot River Subbasin Plan February 2011 Current plan: Cover letter Entire plan (8mb PDF) , or in sections: Executive Summary and Introduction (500k PDF) Subbasin Assessment (5mb PDF) Inventory (300k PDF) Management Plan (600k PDF) References and...
  23. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Boise, Payette and Weiser Subbasins Plan

    Boise, Payette and Weiser Subbasins Plan See plan below, including Management Plan sections (and supplements, where they exist) which were formally adopted into the Fish and Wildlife Program. Management Plan Management Plan Supplement (Dec 2004)...
  24. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Bruneau Subbasin Plan

    Bruneau Subbasin Plan See plan below, including Management Plan sections (and supplements, where they exist) which were formally adopted into the Fish and Wildlife Program. Bruean Subbasin Assessment Inventory Management Plan
  25. WEBPAGE
    Mar 02, 2022

    Burnt Subbasin Plan

    Burnt Subbasin Plan See plan below, including Management Plan sections (and supplements, where they exist) which were formally adopted into the Fish and Wildlife Program. Burnt Subbasin Plan Management Plan Management Plan Supplement (Dec 2004)
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