FCRPS Biop Adaptive Management Implementation Plan

Sept. 15, 2009: Backed by sound science, strong stakeholder support and extensive outreach, the federal government filed with a U.S. district court a strengthened plan to implement NOAA's 2008 biological opinion governing operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). The plan bolsters protection for salmon and steelhead on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest by adding contingency measures that provide extra insurance that the fish will survive with an adequate potential for recovery.

• News release 72kb

All documents below are on the Federal Caucus Website, www.salmonrecovery.gov

• Adaptive Management Implementation Plan 770kb
• Adaptive Management Implementation Plan Appendix 1 182kb
• Adaptive Management Implementation Plan Appendices 2 & 3 503kb
• Adaptive Management Implementation Plan Appendix 4 316kb
• Adaptive Management Implementation Plan Appendix 5 96kb
• Letter from FCRPS Action Agencies to NOAA 218kb
• Letter from NOAA to FCRPS Action Agencies 131kb
• Federal defendants' response to Court's May 18, 2009, letter 121kb
• Adaptive Management Implementation Plan Overview 1MB
• FCRPS Biological Opinion Timeline 94kb