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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:

Audio interviews of federal executives at:

http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Biological%5FOpinions/FCRPS/ba-ca/An_Overview_of_Federal_Hydrosystem.pdf) (27 pages)

The history, development and the merits of the FCRPS analysis and proposed actions are highlighted in this piece. It tells the story of where we have been, what we have accomplished, and the collaborative steps we took along with the region to be able to present the BA and accompanying documents to NOAA Fisheries.

Complete Biological Assessments and Comprehensive Analysis (approx. 1,800 pages total)

This is the complete submittal to NOAA Fisheries for both the Columbia and Snake river systems, including the FCRPS BA (http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Biological_Opinions/FCRPS/BA-CA/FCRPS/Appendix.pdf), the upper Snake River BA (http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/Biological_Opinions/FCRPS/BA-CA/CA/CA-Final.pdf). The comprehensive analysis carefully analyzes the status of each of the listed stocks and the factors that have contributed to their decline, assesses the impact of the federal agencies' proposed actions, and makes a determination of whether those actions and the actions of others will put that fish on a trend to recovery.

Executive summary (http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/research_reports_pubs/citizen_updates/Citizen_Update_15.pdf) (8 pages)

An illustrated citizens' guide to the three documents

Presentation (

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