08. LAW - Columbia Basin Bulletin - Page 59

AGREEMENTS PROPOSE $980.5 MILLION FOR PROJECTS; SUPPORT FOR FEDS’ SALMON STRATEGY

April 11, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 05. INDIGENOUS, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Bonneville Power Administration this week announced draft agreements with four Columbia River basin tribes, and the states of Idaho and Montana, that would guarantee $980.5 million in funding for fish and wildlife projects over the next 10 years in exchange for support of the federal hydro system salmon recovery strategy.

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REACTION: A MORE UNIFIED, EFFECTIVE APPROACH OR STATUS QUO?

April 11, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 05. INDIGENOUS, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

A total of nearly $1 billion in fish and wildlife project funding promises either moves toward a more unified and successful Columbia River basin salmon restoration effort, or, depending on the perspective, attempts to dodge biological and legal truths.

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PFMC RECOMMENDS WEST COAST’S MOST RESTRICTIVE OCEAN FISHING IN HISTORY

April 11, 2008/in 01. FISHING, 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 08. LAW

The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Thursday adopted the most restrictive salmon fisheries in the history for the West Coast, in response to the unprecedented collapse of Sacramento River fall chinook and the exceptionally poor status of coho salmon from Oregon and Washington.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL F&W PROGRAM RAISE SLEW OF ISSUES

April 11, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council and staff, and parties interested in commenting, are set to pore through an avalanche of materials submitted as recommended amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.

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SEA LION REMOVALS POSTPONED TO AWAIT LOOMING COURT DECISIONS

April 11, 2008/in 08. LAW

Any trapping and removal of California sea lions feeding on salmon below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam will be postponed while a tightly scheduled legal fight is waged in Portland's U.S. District Court.

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AGREEMENTS PROPOSE $980.5 MILLION FOR PROJECTS; SUPPORT FOR FEDS’ SALMON STRATEGY

April 11, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 05. INDIGENOUS, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Bonneville Power Administration this week announced draft agreements with four Columbia River basin tribes, and the states of Idaho and Montana, that would guarantee $980.5 million in funding for fish and wildlife projects over the next 10 years in exchange for support of the federal hydro system salmon recovery strategy.

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REACTION: A MORE UNIFIED, EFFECTIVE APPROACH OR STATUS QUO?

April 11, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 05. INDIGENOUS, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

A total of nearly $1 billion in fish and wildlife project funding promises either moves toward a more unified and successful Columbia River basin salmon restoration effort, or, depending on the perspective, attempts to dodge biological and legal truths.

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PFMC RECOMMENDS WEST COAST’S MOST RESTRICTIVE OCEAN FISHING IN HISTORY

April 11, 2008/in 01. FISHING, 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 08. LAW

The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Thursday adopted the most restrictive salmon fisheries in the history for the West Coast, in response to the unprecedented collapse of Sacramento River fall chinook and the exceptionally poor status of coho salmon from Oregon and Washington.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL F&W PROGRAM RAISE SLEW OF ISSUES

April 11, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council and staff, and parties interested in commenting, are set to pore through an avalanche of materials submitted as recommended amendments to the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.

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SEA LION REMOVALS POSTPONED TO AWAIT LOOMING COURT DECISIONS

April 11, 2008/in 08. LAW

Any trapping and removal of California sea lions feeding on salmon below the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam will be postponed while a tightly scheduled legal fight is waged in Portland's U.S. District Court.

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SENATE APPROVES OREGON WATER PROJECTS, LOWER COLUMBIA HERITAGE AREA STUDY

April 11, 2008/in 08. LAW

The U.S. Senate Thursday approved four Oregon water projects and a provision aimed at preserving the heritage of areas surrounding the lower Columbia River.

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LITIGATION STALLS SEA LION KILLS; NON-LETHAL REMOVAL ALLOWED

April 4, 2008/in 07. POWER, 08. LAW

An agreement submitted this week in federal court would postpone planned actions to kill California sea lions feeding on migrating salmon below the lower Columbia River's Bonneville Dam but allow the marine mammals' capture and transfer to zoos and aquariums across the country.

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BRIEFINGS COMPLETE IN NINTH CIRCUIT WILD VS. HATCHERY LISTING CASES

April 4, 2008/in 08. LAW

Did Congress intend that hatchery-reared salmon and steelhead be treated -- during consideration of a stock's need for federal protections -- as equals to kin spawned in Columbia River basin rivers and streams?

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LITIGATION STALLS SEA LION KILLS; NON-LETHAL REMOVAL ALLOWED

April 4, 2008/in 07. POWER, 08. LAW

An agreement submitted this week in federal court would postpone planned actions to kill California sea lions feeding on migrating salmon below the lower Columbia River's Bonneville Dam but allow the marine mammals' capture and transfer to zoos and aquariums across the country.

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BRIEFINGS COMPLETE IN NINTH CIRCUIT WILD VS. HATCHERY LISTING CASES

April 4, 2008/in 08. LAW

Did Congress intend that hatchery-reared salmon and steelhead be treated -- during consideration of a stock's need for federal protections -- as equals to kin spawned in Columbia River basin rivers and streams?

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APRIL CONFERENCE FOCUSES LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER ECOSYTEM, SALMON RESTORATION

April 4, 2008/in 07. POWER, 08. LAW

A conference on ecosystem restoration activities in the lower Columbia River, estuary, and nearshore ocean will be held April 29-30 in Astoria, Ore.

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PFMC MEETING TO SET FISHERIES; SEEKS TASK FORCE ON CAUSES FOR DECLINE

March 21, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Pacific Fishery Management Council will decide during its April 7-12 meeting in Seattle how it wants West Coast salmon fisheries managed this year off the Oregon, Washington and California coasts.

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GREGOIRE SIGNS LAKE ROOSEVELT WATER DELIVERY LEGISLATION

March 21, 2008/in 08. LAW

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation this week that will release the largest delivery of new water to towns and farms in the Columbia Basin, and for endangered salmon, in three decades.

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SCIENCE PANEL REVIEWS BIOP DOCUMENTS UNDERPINNING RECOVERY PLANNING

March 21, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

Three technical documents that underpin NOAA Fisheries' developing Columbia/Snake river hydro system BiOp and recovery planning are scientifically sound, for the most part, but in need of some shoring up, according to a review completed March 7 by the Independent Scientific Advisory Board.

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GREGOIRE SIGNS LAKE ROOSEVELT WATER DELIVERY LEGISLATION

March 21, 2008/in 08. LAW

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation this week that will release the largest delivery of new water to towns and farms in the Columbia Basin, and for endangered salmon, in three decades.

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SCIENCE PANEL REVIEWS BIOP DOCUMENTS UNDERPINNING RECOVERY PLANNING

March 21, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

Three technical documents that underpin NOAA Fisheries' developing Columbia/Snake river hydro system BiOp and recovery planning are scientifically sound, for the most part, but in need of some shoring up, according to a review completed March 7 by the Independent Scientific Advisory Board.

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COUNCIL WORKS ON NEW PROCESS TO SELECT F&W PROJECTS FOR BPA FUNDING

March 14, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council could as soon as next month trigger a new, multi-phased fish and wildlife project selection process that would stretch into the winter of 2011.

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COUNCIL WORKS ON NEW PROCESS TO SELECT F&W PROJECTS FOR BPA FUNDING

March 14, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council could as soon as next month trigger a new, multi-phased fish and wildlife project selection process that would stretch into the winter of 2011.

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CBB INTERVIEW: LARRY CASSIDY, 10 YEARS REPRESENTING WASHINGTON ON NPCC

March 7, 2008/in 04. WILDLIFE, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

Forty years of public efforts aimed at enhancing fish and wildlife slowed, deliberately, to a crawl last month for Frank "Larry" Cassidy with his exit from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

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CORPS’ WITT ANDERSON MOVES UP BUT NOT OUT OF COLUMBIA BASIN SALMON ARENA

March 7, 2008/in 03. HABITAT, 07. POWER, 08. LAW

A familiar figure on the Columbia River basin salmon recovery scene has taken a much broader role with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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