FEDERAL CAUCUS MATERIALS ON DRAFT NEW BIOP   The Federal Caucus announced that it's nearing completion of a draft strategy to protect Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead. The performance-based plan is expected to avoid jeopardy to ESA-listed species. The link will take you to the announcement, the notice to the Court, a press release

FINAL UPDATED PROPOSED ACTION FOR FCRPS BIOP   The Final Biological Opinion and UPA were prepared in response to the court remand of the 2000 Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion under National Wildlife Federation vs. National Marine Fisheries Service. The Final Biological Opinion and UPA were refined in response to comments re

2004 BIOLOGICAL OPINION FOR FCRPS   On Nov. 30, 2004 NOAA Fisheries released its biological opinion entitled "Consultation on Remand for Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System and 19 Bureau of Reclamation Projects in the Columbia Basin (Biological Opinion on Remand)."

NOAA'S FINDINGS LETTER ON SUMMER SPILL   NOAA Fisheries findings letter approving federal agencies plan to modify summer spill in 2004.

BPA/CORPS AMENDED SUMMER SPILL PROPOSAL   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and BPA, in consultation with NOAA Fisheries, have proposed an amended modified summer spill regime for a one-year period and mitigation for potential effects on the Snake and Columbia rivers.

NORTHWEST POWER AND CONSERVATION COUNCIL SUBBASIN PLANS   Subbasin plans are locally developed plans, containing specific objectives and measures addressing fish and wildlife needs, for up to 62 subbasins and mainstem reaches of the Columbia River. Approved subbasin plans will be adopted into the Council's program, and will become the source of specific a

NOAA's PROPOSED HATCHERY POLICY, ESA LISTINGS   The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration=s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) today announced its continued commitment to protect 27 Pacific salmon and steelhead populations listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). At the announcement a new hatchery policy proposal a

COMMENTS ON PROPOSED MODIFIED SUMMER SPILL REGIME   The link below will take you to Tthe over 200 comments received on the Preliminary Proposal for a Modified Summer Spill Regime. Many of the shorter comments were grouped together. For your convenience, we will have these grouped comments book marked soon so you can see each author and organization

NRC REPORT ON FUTURE WATER WITHDRAWALS AND SALMON SURVIVAL   As part of the Columbia River Initiative, the Department of Ecology secured a formal and independent review of the existing science related to fish survival and hydrology in the Columbia River. This review was conducted through the National Academy of Sciences, under contract with the state. As pa

FOUR NW GOVERNORS' LETTER ON MODIFIED SPILL PLAN   The Northwest's four governors Monday (March 29) sent a series of recommendations to the federal agencies working on a three-year pilot plan for alternative summer spill operations on the Federal Columbia River Power System.

PROPOSED MODIFIED SPILL REGIME   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and BPA, in consultation with NOAA Fisheries, have proposed a modified summer spill regime for a three-year period and mitigation for potential effects on the Snake and Columbia rivers. The proposal includes offsets to any potential harm done to migrating juvenile fa

COMMENTS ON ALTERNATIVE SUMMER SPILL PROPOSALS   Comments received by the Federal Agencies (Bonneville Power Administration, Corps of Engineers, NOAA Fisheries, Bureau of Reclamation and US Fish and Wildlife Service) on the analysis of the biological impacts of alternative summer spill operations and assessments of the benefits of alternative miti

NINTH CIRCUIT COASTAL COHO DECISION   The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected an appeal of a Portland federal court judge's opinion that has forced an almost complete re-evaluation of how NOAA Fisheries decides whether Pacific Coast salmon should be listed under the Endangered Species Act.

ISRP REVIEW OF CLEARWATER SUBBASIN PLAN   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 review of the 2002 document (ISRP 2003-3).

COMMENTS ON NOAA'S DRAFT WHITE PAPERS FOR BIOP REWRITE   Agencies,Tribes, Groups comment on NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center draft White Papers to be used as the science for the new Biological Opinion for the federal Columbia River hydropower system.

STATES, TRIBES LETTER ON BIOP REMAND COLLABORATION   The State of Oregon Department of Justice sent a letter on behalf of several states and tribes to Fred Disheroon, US Department of Justice regarding collaboration in the Remand of 2000 FCRPS Biological Opinion.

COMMENTS SOUGHT ON ALTERNATIVE SPILL PROPOSALS   The Federal Agencies (Bonneville Power Administration, Corps of Engineers, NOAA Fisheries, Bureau of Reclamation and US Fish and Wildlife Service) are seeking input on analysis of the biological impacts of alternative summer spill operations and assessments of the benefits of alternative mitigation

ISAB/ISRP REVIEW OF DRAFT RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN FOR BIOP   Independent Scientific Advisory Board and Independent Scientific Review Panel released their joint review of the draft "Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the NOAA Fisheries 2000 Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion."

PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT EIS   NOAA Fisheries has released its Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS) for Pacific Salmon Fisheries Management off the Coasts of Southeast Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and in the Columbia River Basin.

WASHINGTON'S COLUMBIA RIVER INITIATIVE ECONOMICS REPORT   An independent economic report prepared as a part of Washington's Columbia River Initiative process says that scenarios in which as much as one million acre feet of additional water would be diverted from the river would have "moderately large negative impacts on hydropower production" but "very lar

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