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  1. webpage

    Protected Areas

    From the inception of this program, the Council has supported the concept of protecting some streams and wildlife habitats from hydroelectric development where the Council believes such development wo
  2. webpage

    5_protected_areas

    Sub-strategy Protect fish and wildlife from the adverse effects of future hydroelectric project construction and operations. As part of this strategy, the Council supports protecting streams and wildl
  3. report
    Dec 30, 2014

    5. Protected areas and hydroelectric development and licensing

    Dec 30, 2014
    Sub-strategy Protect fish and wildlife from the adverse effects of future hydroelectric project construction and operations. As part of this strategy, the Council supports protecting streams and wild
  4. news
    Oct 8, 2013
    John Harrison

    Protected areas draw interest in Fish and Wildlife Program review

    Oct 8, 2013 John Harrison
    The protected areas rule in the fish and wildlife program prohibits new hydropower dams in order to protect fish, wildlife and habitat.  This is a salmon-bearing tributary of
  5. report
    Mar 10, 1992
    92-9

    Proposed Protected Areas Changes: 1992 Rulemaking

    Mar 10, 1992 92-9
    In August, 1988, the Council incorporated into its Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program and its Power Plan "protected areas" measures to protect critical fish and wildlife habitat from new h
  6. report
    Aug 13, 1992
    92-26

    Response to Comments: 1992 Protected Areas Rulemaking

    Aug 13, 1992 92-26
    Main document Supplement A Statutory authority: the Northwest Power Act directs the Council to develop a “program to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife including related spawning gr
  7. report
    Aug 8, 1990
    90-10

    1990 Protected Areas Summary and Response to Comments

    Aug 8, 1990 90-10
    At its July meeting, the Council adopted changes to the protected areas designations that are part of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. Subsequently, at the August meeting, the Counc
  8. report
    Sep 14, 1988
    88-22

    Protected Areas Amendments and Response to Comments

    Sep 14, 1988 88-22
    On August 10, 1988, the Northwest Power Planning Council adopted a proposal to designate some 44,000 miles of Northwest streams as "protected areas" because of their importance as critical fish and wi
  9. report
    May 18, 1989
    89-19

    Technical Corrections to the Protected Areas Data Base and Response to Comments

    May 18, 1989 89-19
    The Council has adopted final amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program regarding the technical corrections to the protected areas data base. This is the Federal Register notice
  10. news
    Jul 9, 2010
    Carol Winkel

    Protected Areas: Preserving the Best Remaining Habitat

    Jul 9, 2010 Carol Winkel
    Several weeks ago, a couple of thought-provoking stories came out: Paul Greenberg's Tuna's End in the New York Times and Adam Frank's Inventing the Fish: Science and the Collapse of Ecologies on NPR.
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