Columbia Basin fish and wildlife managers, and those who help allocate
the money on which recovery efforts depend, exchanged views Wednesday on
how to best make the shift to a program focused on subbasin planning.
The Northwest Power Planning Council wants to lead the transition by
creating — through its direct program amendment process — a structure
to judge “broader, more long-term” benefits of fish and wildlife recovery
proposals, according to Bob Lohn, the NPPC’s fish and …
