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Salmon and Hydro: An Account of Litigation over Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinions for Salmon and Steelhead, 1991-2009

This issue summary offers a historical account of the continual litigation over Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead biological opinions since the first Endangered Species Act listings and summarizes the major issues that have dominated Columbia Basin Salmon recovery since 1991.

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Feb. 28, 2003

1. NOAA RELEASES PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SPECIES STATUS
Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 (PST)

A draft federal report released this week outlines a good news/bad news scenario for West Coast salmon and steelhead recovery, calling recent years' general increase in the number of returning wild spawners "encouraging," but cautioning that only time will tell if populations are truly rebounding. Read More...

2. NORTHWEST DELEGATION RESPONDS TO OMB'S BPA CRITICISM
Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 (PST)

Members of Congress from four states served by the Bonneville Power Administration have asked the White House budget office to retract its criticism of the low-cost energy supplier. Read More...

3. SCIENCE PANEL SAYS FIRST SUBBASIN PLAN NEEDS REVISION
Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 (PST)

The Independent Scientific Review Panel pulled no punches in what was its first technical review of a subbasin plan submitted through Northwest Power and Conservation Council's fish and wildlife program amendment process. Read More...

4. SOS REPORT FLUNKS FEDS; AGENCIES DISPUTE FINDINGS
Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 (PST)

The Bush administration's implementation of the 2000 Columbia Basin salmon recovery plan received its second annual failing grade this week from Northwest environmentalists, who predicted it will flunk its mandatory third-year evaluation this September. Read More...

5. INTERIOR SPENDING BILL INCLUDES 'MASS MARKING' REQUIREMENT
Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 (PST)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are concerned about the cost and manpower needed to comply with a recently enacted congressional requirement for federal and federally funded salmon hatcheries to mark all juvenile fish. Read More...

6. STRONG FALL CHINOOK, COHO RETURNS EXPECTED
Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 (PST)

Federal, state and tribal officials expect more good news for anglers and fish managers when fall chinook and coho salmon begin forging up the Columbia River late this summer in search of the basin spawning grounds and hatcheries. Read More...



MOST VIEWED CBB STORIES From A Few Fish To A Thousand; Sawtooth Basin Sockeye Salmon Return Highest Since 1955 Oregon, BPA Close To Proposed $103.5 Million Agreement On Willamette Valley Mitigation 'La Nina' Now Reigns PNW Weather; Colder Ocean Should Be Boost To Basin Salmon Survival Council Recommends Using $16 Million In BPA Funds For Willamette Habitat Acquisitions Lightning Apparently Electrocutes Half The Fish In Idaho Hatchery Adult Chinook Pond For First Time, Captive Broodstock Program Allows Snake River Sockeye To Swim Through Trap To Spawn Fall Chinook Hit 1,000 A Day At Bonneville Dam; Treaty, Non-Treaty Commercial Fisheries Approved Trapping Of Returning Snake River Sockeye Salmon Off To Fast Start, Heading For A Record NOAA Fisheries Releases For Comment Draft EIS For Guiding Columbia Basin Hatcheries Yakama Nation Concerns On Gorge Hawaiian Garbage Shipment Leads To Restraining Order Federal Judge Overturns USFWS Decision To Delist Wolves In Idaho, Montana July Steelhead Catch Just Short Of Record; Counts Over Bonneville Dam Remain Strong 2010 Fraser River Sockeye Return Remains Uncertain; Increased Tracking Studies Seek Mortality Causes Water Withdrawal Tower In Lake Billy Chinook Brings Changes To Lower Deschutes For Fish, Fishermen Report: Mussel Invasion In Upper Snake Likely; Economic Risk 'Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars' Real-Time Computer Modeling Contributes To Continued Increases In Upper Columbia Sockeye Returns Best Fall Chinook Return In Years Open For Fishing Sunday; Coho Run Down But Decent Basin's Booming Sockeye Return Brings New Record For Listed Snake River Fish; 1,291 At Lower Granite John Day Dam Loaded Up With New Fish Protection Fixes; Wall Of Water And Wire Sockeye Count Easily Surpasses 1947 Record Run; 'Unexpected And Hard To Explain' Upriver Steelhead Return Posts A Record; Unusually High Number Of Unclipped Fish Testing Of 'Selective' Commercial Fishing Gear Expands With More Fishermen, More Fishing Days NOAA's New Website Tools Track Salmon Stock Status, Survival, Population Trends Assessing 2010 Spring Chinook Return: Lots Of Fish, At Times Too Much Fishing Scientists Track Humboldt Squid In Oregon Waters; Are The Jumbos Eating Salmon? 2010 Sockeye Return Breaks Records As It Bursts Well Beyond Preseason Forecast Agencies Release 2010-2013 'Implementation Plan' Describing Planned Work Under Salmon BiOp Bass-Shad Study Part Of Effort To Reduce Non-Native Fish Impacts On ESA-Listed Salmonids First Year Of Lake Billy Chinook Underwater Tower Close To Juvenile Fish Passage Goal CBB Interview: Greg Delwiche, Six Years Leading BPA's Environment, Fish, And Wildlife Estuary Report: Columbia River Salmon Show High Levels Of Toxic Contaminants, Monitoring Inadequate EPA Disapproves Oregon Water Quality Standards; Clears Way For Higher Fish Consumption Rate Research Looks At Impacts Of Water Temperature, 'Thermal Refugia' On Salmon, Steelhead Spawning Summer Chinook Fishing To Open With Run Expected Above Average; Same With Upriver Summer Steelhead Third Season Of Sea Lion Trapping Ends; NOAA To Evaluate Effectiveness Of Program Report: Scientists Need To Be More Effective At Public Communication UW Study Shows Value of Preserving Population Diversity Within Salmon Species Federal Agencies File 'Supplemental Biological Opinion' For Columbia/Snake Salmon, Steelhead EPA To Require Pesticide Use Restrictions Based On NMFS' Salmon/Pesticide Biological Opinion

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