03. HABITAT - Columbia Basin Bulletin - Page 128

5. COLVILLES STUDY FISH PASSAGE INTO BLOCKED AREA

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER

The Colville Tribe announced this week that it is taking the first step
in assessing the production potential for salmon and steelhead in the
Columbia River upstream from Chief Joseph Dam -- an area blocked to
upriver fish passage since the late 1950s.

Tribal resource specialists will begin examining salmon habitat on the
river and connected tributaries, in waters on reservation land. The
assessment is intended to help judge the feasibility ...

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2. FEDS SAY YES TO OKANOGAN OUTPLANTING

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 08. LAW

Federal fish and wildlife officials, and those from Washington state,
agreed in principle this week to put surplus Carson stock spring chinook
into what is "essentially an empty system" in the Okanogan Basin.

But a continued reluctance to employ the stock in a Methow River salmon
restoration effort has angered Columbia River treaty tribes ...

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3. DRAFT HYDRO BIOP RELEASE DATE MOVED BACK

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The planned release of the National Marine Fisheries Service's
biological opinion regarding federal hydrosystem impacts on listed
Columbia Basin salmon species has been pushed back from late June to
late July as federal agencies continue to wrangle over the final details
of the document.

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4. NW IRRIGATORS SUPPORT TRIBAL SUPPLEMENTATION

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

Irrigator associations from Oregon and Washington have issued a policy
statement supporting the positions of Columbia River treaty tribes on
salmon spawning, hatchery supplementation and harvest practices.

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1. COALITION URGES USE OF FISH ‘SURPLUS’ FOR OUTPLANTING

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 08. LAW

A self-described "odd coalition" of tribal, utility district,
agricultural and other local interests got together this past week to
demand that federal and state agencies rethink a federal salmon recovery
strategy that results in the "destruction" of surplus returning adult
hatchery fish.

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2. JURY OUT ON WILD SPRING CHINOOK RETURNS IN 2000

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

Those charged with recovering salmon and steelhead stocks listed under
Endangered Species Act say the significance of this year's high fish
counts at Bonneville Dam has yet to be determined.

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1. GORE GOES TO HANFORD TO ANNOUNCE MONUMENT STATUS

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT

Vice President Al Gore went to the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River
to make it official: President Clinton this morning designated 195,000
acres surrounding the 51-mile-long stretch a national monument.

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2. ODFW TO DESTROY TO SURPLUS GRANDE RONDE STEELHEAD

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

Tribal leaders are frustrated by an Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife plan to destroy an estimated 1,000 surplus hatchery steelhead
returning to the Grande Ronde River basin in Northeast Oregon.

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3. RELEASE OF DRAFT HYDRO BIOP, ALL-H PAPER SLIPS TO JUNE 30

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The slippery schedule for completing a draft biological opinion
governing operations of Columbia River hydroelectric projects slid
again, this time to June 30. Once coined the 1999 BiOp by the National
Marine Fisheries Service, it is now the 2000 BiOp and was last scheduled
for release in draft form May 22.

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1. BABBITT RECOMMENDS ‘MONUMENT’ STATUS FOR REACH

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

Heaps of praise and pointed criticisms followed Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt's recommendation Wednesday that President Clinton consider 200,000 acres of the Columbia River's Hanford Reach for federal protection under the Antiquities Act.

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2. WHITE HOUSE BRIEFS STATES ON BREACHING, BIOP, ALL-H

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

White House officials have assured state representatives that two federally-instigated Northwest salmon recovery plans would soon be ready for review. While those studies do not immediately recommend removing four lower Snake River dams, they do set performance standards, which if not met, could trigger removal of the dams within five or ten years.

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1.HANFORD REACH HEADED FOR NATIONAL MONUMENT STATUS

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt indicated Tuesday he would recommend
the Hanford Reach, the last free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River,
as a national monument.

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3. POWER COUNCIL GETS PROPOSALS FOR NEW FISH PROGRAM

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

By the May 12 deadline, the Northwest Power Planning Council had
received 55 submissions recommending amendments to the Council's
regional fish and wildlife management program, last revised in 1994.

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2. LOWER SNAKE EIS COMMENTS DRIVE TIMELINE; BIOP DELAYED

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

A flood of comments -- many of them raising "significant issues" -- may
push a Corps of Engineers recommendation on lower Snake River dam
breaching into year 2001.

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2. TERN REMOVAL PLAN DEAD IN TRACKS

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 08. LAW

Caspian terns in the Columbia River estuary will remain largely
unmolested this year as a plan to move North America's largest colony
was stopped by a federal court this week.

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3. BREACHING IN OR OUT? NON-BREACHING PLAN ROLLS ON

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

Wide ranging suggestions on the near-term direction of Columbia Basin
salmon recovery efforts were offered Thursday by witnesses called to
testify at a U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee hearing
in Pasco. All but a few said dam breaching should be dropped from
consideration.

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4. ECONOMIST URGES HARVEST, HATCHERY CHANGES

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

The smolt-to-adult return rate of Columbia Basin hatchery salmon and
steelhead have been declining during the 1990s, along with the adult
fish's value to fishers, according to natural resource economist Hans
Radtke.

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5. COLUMBIA BASN FORUM EYEBALLS HARVEST POLICIES

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

Harvest of salmon in the Columbia River is at the lowest allowed level
ever. Further changes to harvest rates would not add significantly to
salmon recovery.

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1. SMITH’S HEARING HASHES OVER RECOVERY ARGUMENTS

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

Breaching four Lower Snake River dams is not the answer for reviving
Columbia Basin salmon populations, a trio of Northwest lawmakers said
Tuesday at a Senate hearing at Bonneville Dam.

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1. NW SENATORS GRILL FEDS ON SALMON RECOVERY

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

Two Northwest Republican senators this week said they suspect the delay
of federal agencies' recommendation for modifying or removing lower
Snake River dams to improve salmon recovery is aimed at helping Vice
President Al Gore's presidential campaign.

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2. COURT ORDER STOPS HAZING OF TERNS

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 08. LAW

Harassment of Caspian terns in the lower Columbia River estuary ran into
a roadblock this week when environmental groups filed for an injunction against hazing the birds on Rice Island. The filing resulted in a
temporary restraining order. More to follow.

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3.WESTSLOPE CUTTHROAT LISTING ‘NOT WARRANTED’

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE

The westslope cutthroat trout, a brightly colored fish found primarily
in Montana and Idaho and parts of Oregon and Washington, does not
warrant listing as a threatened or endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced
today.

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5. FOREST SERVICE RELEASES ICBEMP ALTERNATIVE

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

A proposed federal land management plan for roughly 63 million acres in
Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington is intended to leave a lighter
footprint both on the land and on the resource-based economies within
that territory.

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4. SCIENTISTS STRESS ACTION FOR LOOMING FISH EXTINCTIONS

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER

Federal scientists conclude that drastic action must be taken soon to
head off extinction for Columbia Basin salmon runs in the worst shape,
and decision-makers must take that plunge without the certainty that
those actions will work.

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5. JOHANSEN: UNSPENT $180 MILLION NEEDS REGIONAL PLAN

August 27, 2003/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Bonneville Power Administration's top official admitted Tuesday that
ESA-spawned mandates may increase immediate Columbia Basin fish and
wildlife program needs, but she showed a reluctance to juggle funds from
one account to another to answer those needs.

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