Federal Executives Comment on New Approach for Salmon Recovery



Federal action agencies are proposing expanded actions to support recovery of Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead, representing the most comprehensive approach ever conducted to help Endangered Species Act-listed fish in the Northwest. The Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation are making the following resources available to help convey the importance of these plans for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS), how these plans differ from the past, how they respond to direction from the courts, how they took collaboration to a new level and how science leads the proposed recovery actions.

Under the Endangered Species Act, a federal agency whose proposed actions may affect a species (or its habitat) listed as threatened or endangered must assess the potential impacts of its actions in a document called a "biological assessment" (BA). The FCRPS action agencies have submitted the proposed actions and comprehensive analysis to NOAA Fisheries, which will conduct its own independent analysis of the actions and will determine whether the proposed actions will avoid jeopardy to the listed species.

Below are resources to help learn about the agencies' proposed expanded actions:

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Federal Executives Comment on New Approach for Salmon Recovery