03. HABITAT - Columbia Basin Bulletin - Page 121

2. ASTORIA CHANNEL HEARING FOCUSES ON ESTUARY IMPACTS

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT

Although less strident than in the past, local residents of the lower Columbia River estuary communities still say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' and Columbia River ports' plans to deepen the river by three feet will cause irreparable harm to both the estuary and their livelihoods, while proponents of the project are calling it both an economic boon and a project that will help restore the estuary.

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4. TRIBE’S HATCHERY PROGRAM BRINGING BACK SNAKE FALL CHINOOK

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 05. INDIGENOUS, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Nez Perce Tribe's hatchery supplementation program -- and to some extent Mother Nature -- can be credited for this year's fall chinook salmon count at Lower Granite Dam, which is expected to set a record with a return of 10,000 adult fish.

On Monday, 604 fall chinook were counted at the dam, located 20 miles northwest of Lewiston, Idaho, on the Snake River. That's higher than the total fall season counts in six individual years since the dam was built in 1975.

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1. GAO: FEDS NEED BETTER MEASURE OF SALMON RECOVERY SUCCESS

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The federal Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead recovery effort can list $3.8 billion in costs over the past 20 years, but can not identify a biological benefits bottom line, according to a report recently released by U.S. General Accounting Office.

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2. RAND REPORT LOOKS AT ECONOMICS OF LOWER SNAKE DAM REMOVAL

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

A report by the RAND Corporation says removal of the four lower Snake River dams and replacing the lost power with at least 20 percent conservation and renewable energy would have a negligible effect on the Northwest's economy and could even add up to 15,000 new jobs.

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3. SOCKEYE SURGE TOWARD HATCHERY, IDAHO MOUNTAIN LAKES

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

Researchers are taking stock as the latest batch of Snake River sockeye salmon begins to trickle back into Idaho's Stanley Basin where a captive broodstock program aims to perpetuate a still-flickering genetic line.

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2. COUNCIL SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON BPA FUNDING POLICIES

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The anticipation of funding from the Bonneville Power Administration for fish and wildlife projects recommended by the Northwest Power Planning Council has become, in some cases, as maddening as Chinese water torture, according to one Council member.

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4. COUNCIL OKS NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR 10 ‘INNOVATIVE’ PROJECTS

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Northwest Power Planning Council sorted through sometimes conflicting advice in making a decision to recommend that 10 projects be funded under its "innovative" fish and wildlife project category during the current fiscal year at cost of nearly $2 million.

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3. ISRP MAKES PREMINARY MAINSTEM/SYSTEMWIDE RECOMMENDATIONS

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

A list of 104 systemwide and mainstem fish and wildlife project proposals have started down the final gauntlet in the Northwest Power Planning Council' "rolling provincial review" funding approval process, with only 14 passing muster in an initial technical review by the Independent Scientific Review Panel.

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5. SENATE PANEL NIXES BUSH SPENDING INCREASE FOR BASIN SALMON

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

Already behind schedule, implementation of the Columbia Basin salmon recovery plan would slip further under an annual federal funding bill recently approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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1. NMFS SAYS BIOP IMPLEMENTATON LARGELY ON SCHEDULE

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

Plans and actions taken by key federal agencies to implement a 10-year Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead recovery program are -- for the most part -- on schedule to meet the first major benchmark in the plan -- a major 2003 evaluation, the National Marine Fisheries Services announced Tuesday.

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3. SENATE BUDGET PANEL APPROVES FUNDS FOR CHANNEL DREDGING

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT

A Senate committee has approved $5 million in federal construction funding for the controversial Columbia River shipping channel deepening project, even as it undergoes a new round of public hearings.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced the $5 million was included in the FY2003 energy and water development appropriations bill, which was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 24.

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4. COUNCIL MEMBER BREAKS WITH KITZHABER; REFUSES TO RESIGN

September 22, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER

Oregon Northwest Power Planning Council member John Brogoitti lashed out this week -- saying agriculture and other natural resource industries in the state are suffering as a result of Gov. John Kitzhaber's agenda.

The outburst -- delivered in a Monday press release -- earned Brogoitti more than a censure from the man that appointed him to the Council. The governor's top natural resource adviser, Louise Solliday, on Tuesday asked Brogoitti to deliver his resignation by the end of the day.

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4. NMFS AGREES TO INVESTIGATE ‘WILD ONLY’ LISTING PROPOSALS

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

The National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday announced it would officially consider petitions asking that the agency define and list only the "wild" fish for 15 separate Pacific salmon and steelhead stocks, forgoing ESA protection for hatchery fish in the same waters.

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5. SENATE PANEL BOOSTS CORPS’ COLUMBIA RIVER BUDGET

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 08. LAW

Senate appropriators have agreed to increase the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for the Columbia River salmon mitigation by $6 million next year, to $87 million.

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6. CORPS CHOOSES ECONOMIC PANEL FOR CHANNEL REVIEW

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week the makeup of two panels of economists who will evaluate the Corps' economic conclusions of a project to deepen the Columbia River shipping channel by three feet.

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3. COUNCIL STEERS $462,000 TOWARD HATCHERY GENETIC PLANS

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Northwest Power Planning Council on Wednesday recommended the expenditure of $462,000 to have its artificial production review process complete draft documents that are necessary for Columbia Basin salmon hatcheries to gain "coverage" under the Endangered Species Act.

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4. IEAB COMPLETES PHASE I HATCHERY COST EFFECTIVENESS REPORT

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

A panel of independent economists this week outlined its conclusions and recommendations based on an analysis of the costs of rearing and releasing fish at eight Columbia Basin hatcheries.

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5. SENATE PANEL LEAVES IDAHO OUT OF PACIFIC SALMON FUND

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved $95 million for Pacific Salmon Fund grants to West Coast states and tribes for endangered salmon restoration projects, but for the third year did not include Idaho in the program.

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4. PUBLIC TURNS OUT TO TALK ABOUT CONDIT DAM REMOVAL

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

Some called the process rigged. Others -- including attorneys hired by two Washington counties -- said any approval of a water quality certification application related to the removal of Condit Dam would almost certainly be illegal.

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6. HOUSE PANEL APPROVES ‘SOUND SCIENCE’ ESA BILL

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 08. LAW

Endangered species listings, jeopardy opinions and related major decisions by federal agencies would be required to undergo scientific peer review under a bill approved Wednesday by the House Resources Committee.

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7. CBB INTERVIEW: ROD SANDO, NEW CBFWA CHIEF

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

Rod Sando, the new executive director of the Portland-based Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority, has stepped into his new position amid a world of change -- for the organization, and for the basin's recovery and enhancement effort as a whole.

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1. FERC STAFF EIS RECOMMENDS CONDIT DAM REMOVAL

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

A final supplemental environmental impact statement issued this week recommends that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission allow the surrender of the federal hydroelectric license for southwest Washington's Condit Dam and a one-year dismantling of the structure that would begin late in 2006.

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4. ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS ‘SOUND SCIENCE’ BILL

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 08. LAW

The Bush administration has changed its position and now supports legislation to require fish and wildlife agencies to give greater weight in making endangered species listings and other decisions to peer-reviewed and field-gathered scientific information.

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5. HIGH WATERS HINDER METHOW BROODSTOCK COLLECTION EFFORT

September 18, 2003/in 02. RIVER, 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

An abundant Methow River Basin spring chinook salmon return has allowed federal, state and tribal fishery officials to again implement a plan that involves the capture of naturally spawning fish to reinvigorate hatchery programs and allows any "surplus" hatchery returns to find spawning grounds in the wild.

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1. RECLAMATION BUREAU SAYS KLAMATH JEOPARDY RULINGS IN ERROR

September 18, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

An envisioned 10-year plan for managing the federal Klamath Project failed to clear its final hurdle this week with the Bureau of Reclamation's regional chief criticizing federal fish agencies' strategies for protecting fish listed under the Endangered Species Act.

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