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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.

Fish and Wildlife Overview

The Fish and Wildlife Program
2020 Addendum 2014/2020 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Subbasin Plans Project Reviews and Recommendations

Independent Review Groups

  • Independent Economic Analysis Board (IEAB)
  • Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB)
  • Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP)

Forums and Workgroups

  • Asset Management Subcommittee
  • Ocean and Plume Science and Management Forum
  • Regional Coordination
  • Science and Policy Exchange
  • Toxics Workgroup
  • Columbia Basin Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Workgroup
  • Informal Hatchery Workgroup
  • Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup

Topics

  • Adaptive Management
  • Anadromous Fish Mitigation
  • Blocked Areas
  • High-level Indicators
  • Invasive and Non-Native Species
  • Lamprey
  • Predation: Sea lions, pike, birds
  • Protected Areas
  • Research Plan
  • Resident Fish
  • Resource Tools and Maps
  • Sockeye
  • Sturgeon
  • Hatchery Map
Energy

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

Energy Overview

The Northwest Power Plan

The 2021 Northwest Power Plan 2021 Plan Supporting Materials Planning Process and Past Power Plans

Technical Tools and Models

  • Regional Portfolio Model
  • Generation Evaluation System Model (GENESYS)

Energy Advisory Committees

  • Regional Technical Forum
  • Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
  • Demand Forecast Advisory Committee
  • Demand Response Advisory Committee
  • Generating Resources Advisory Committee
  • Natural Gas Advisory Committee
  • Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee
  • System Analysis Advisory Committee
  • RTF Policy Advisory Committee
  • System Integration Forum
  • Resource Strategies Advisory Committee (Not Active)

Energy Topics

  • Energy Efficiency
  • Demand Response
  • Power Supply
  • Resource Adequacy
  • Energy Storage
  • Hydropower
  • Transmission

Energy Forums and Workgroups

  • Pacific NW Demand Response Project
  • Northwest Wind Integration Forum (Archive)
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13
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SEP 2021
TUE
21
10:00 am—11:00 am
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SEP 2021
TUE WED
21 - 22
RTF Meeting
SEP 2021
MON
27
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Montana
SEP 2021
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29
9:00 am—11:30 am
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Meeting
OCT 2021
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07
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Washington
OCT 2021
TUE
12
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Oregon
OCT 2021
TUE WED
12 - 13
Council Meeting
OCT 2021
THU
14
Power Plan Public Hearing Hosted by Idaho
OCT 2021
TUE
19
9:30 am—3:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE
09
9:00 am—1:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE WED
16 - 17
Council Meeting
NOV 2021
TUE
30
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
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DEC 2021
TUE WED
07 - 08
RTF Meeting
DEC 2021
MON
13
9:00 am—11:00 am
Strategy Performance Indicator Workgroup
DEC 2021
TUE WED
14 - 15
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JAN 2022
TUE WED
11 - 12
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JAN 2022
WED
19
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Ocean and Plume Science and Management Forum
JAN 2022
TUE
25
9:00 am—12:00 pm
RTF New Member Orientation: January 25, 2022
JAN 2022
WED
26
9:00 am—1:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JAN 2022
FRI
28
8:30 am—11:30 am
Power Committee Meeting
FEB 2022
MON
14
9:00 am—10:30 am
Informal Hatchery Workgroup Meeting
FEB 2022
TUE WED
15 - 16
Council Meeting
FEB 2022
WED
23
9:00 am—2:30 pm
RTF Meeting
MAR 2022
WED
02
9:30 am—3:00 pm
System Integration Forum: Scope of Work on Potential Lower Snake River Dam Analysis
MAR 2022
TUE
08
1:30 pm—2:30 pm
Public Affairs Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
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14 - 15
Council Meeting
MAR 2022
FRI
18
9:00 am—11:00 am
Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting
MAR 2022
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22 - 23
RTF Meeting
MAR 2022
WED
30
9:30 am—12:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q1 Meeting
APR 2022
TUE WED
12 - 13
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APR 2022
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MAY 2022
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08
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14 - 15
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22
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JUL 2022
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06 - 07
F&W Committee Meeting and Council Meeting
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08
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Resource Adequacy Adv Comm - Steering Committee
JUL 2022
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12 - 13
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JUL 2022
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19
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JUL 2022
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27
9:30 am—3:30 pm
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09
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
AUG 2022
TUE WED
16 - 17
Council Meeting
SEP 2022
TUE WED
13 - 14
Council Meeting
SEP 2022
TUE WED
20 - 21
RTF Meeting
SEP 2022
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28
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RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q3 Meeting
OCT 2022
TUE WED
04 - 05
F&W and Power Committee Meetings
OCT 2022
TUE WED
11 - 12
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OCT 2022
TUE WED
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RTF Meeting
NOV 2022
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08
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15 - 16
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30
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DEC 2022
TUE WED
06 - 07
RTF Meeting
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13 - 14
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    Salmon Subbasin Plan

    Salmon 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 formats Print...
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    Snake Hells Canyon Subbasin Plan

    Snake Hells Canyon 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...
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    Tucannon Subbasin Plan

    Tucannon 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 Section 6.7m...
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    Umatilla Subbasin Plan

    Umatilla 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 formats Print...
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    Upper Mid-Columbia Subbasin Plan

    Upper Mid-Columbia 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...
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    Upper Snake, Headwaters, Closed Basin Subbasins Plan

    Upper Snake, Headwaters, Closed Basin Subbasins 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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....
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    Subbasin Plans

    Subbasin Plans These plans are amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program : Asotin Big White Salmon Bitterroot Blackfoot Boise/Payette/Weiser Bruneau Burnt Clearwater Columbia Gorge Deschutes Entiat Fifteenmile Flathead Grande Ronde Hood Imnaha...
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    Asotin Subbasin Plan

    Asotin 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 formats Print...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Boise, Payette and Weiser Subbasins Plan

    Boise, Payette and Weiser Subbasins 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....
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    Bruneau Subbasin Plan

    Bruneau 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 Section 10m...
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    Burnt Subbasin Plan

    Burnt 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 5.1m Entire...
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    Overview Summary of the Clearwater Subbasin Plan

    Overview Summary of the Clearwater Subbasin Plan A brief development history of the Clearwater Subbasin Plan is discussed in this document followed by summary comparisons of the subbasin plan with the Independent Science Review panel's (ISRP) Review of...
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    Clearwater Subbasin Plan

    Clearwater 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. Plan sections...
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    Columbia Gorge Subbasin Plan

    Columbia Gorge 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...
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    Deschutes Subbasin Plan

    Deschutes 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 8.6m...
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    Entiat Subbasin Plan

    Entiat 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 formats Print...
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    Fifteenmile Subbasin Plan

    Fifteenmile 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 8.7m...
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    Flathead Subbasin Plan

    Flathead 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 formats Print...
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    Grande Ronde Subbasin Plan

    Grande Ronde 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 formats...
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    Hood Subbasin Plan

    Hood 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 formats 1.3m Entire...
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