Hydropower River Management and Salmon Recovery Issues on the Columbia/Snake River System: Field Hearing Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, April 27, 2000, Pasco, Washington, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 - 205 páginas |
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Página 205 - I thank the witnesses for their valuable testimony and the members for their questions. The members of the Committee may have some additional questions for the witnesses, and we will ask you to respond to those in writing.
Página 64 - ... the percentage of turbine-related mortality. • Fish transportation — Juvenile salmon and steelhead collected at dam sites on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers and placed in specially designed barges to be transported down river and released below Bonneville Dam. • Predator control programs — Programs intended to help protect juvenile salmon from other species that prey on them, such as northern pikeminnow and Caspian terns. Long-term actions in the Biological Assessment include: ,....
Página 115 - ... which happen to be protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The plan that was developed included a component that included harassing these birds from the most critical of areas where the endangered fish are slaughtered by the birds. Not surprisingly, a group of environmentalists brought a lawsuit and claimed that the Corps had failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and asked that the harassment strategy be halted immediately. Their key piece of evidence? Written comments...
Página 95 - REFERENCES AND NOTES Anderson, JJ 2000. Decadal climate cycles and declining Columbia River salmon. In Sustainable Fisheries Management: Pacific Salmon. Edited by E. Knudsen et. CRI "A standardized quantitative analysis of risks faced by salmonids in the Columbia River Basin
Página 63 - In l99I, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) listed the Snake River sockeye salmon as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Página 64 - ... under the 1995 NMFS and USFWS Biological Opinions, a 1998 supplemental, a 1999 Biological Assessment on listed bull trout and sturgeon, and a 1999 draft Biological Opinion pertaining to listed Columbia River chum salmon. Both near- and long-term actions intended to improve fish passage are identified. Near-term actions include: • Flow augmentation — Release of water from storage or headwater reservoirs to meet flow targets in the lower river for salmon and steelhead. • Reservoir operations...
Página 65 - River study is to develop a plan to improve migration conditions for salmon and steelhead in the lower Snake River and to contribute to the recovery of these stocks. This study addresses the four lower Snake River dams — Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose...
Página 64 - River dams. IMPROVEMENTS IN DAM PASSAGE The NMFS 1995, 1998 and 2000 Biological Opinions identified many near-term actions for the Corps to protect salmon and steelhead, and a long-term plan to investigate and evaluate new ways to operate and configure the dams. In accordance with the Biological Opinions, near-term actions have included increased flow augmentation and spill for juvenile fish; juvenile fish transportation has continued in the mix of measures; adult and juvenile fish passage systems...
Página 138 - We have working with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Fish and Wildlife Service and other Federal agencies to develop that document.
Página 67 - Federal agencies to work with the States and Tribes, to coordinate and collaborate on technical and policy decisions for Columbia Basin fish recovery. The Federal agencies have begun a joint consultation with the 13 Columbia River tribes framed around the All-H Paper as a basis for constructive discussion. Following a public comment period and series of public meetings on the draft AllH Paper, the Federal Caucus prepared a revised paper which was released for public review on July 27 concurrently...