News Archive 2006

• Big changes in liquidity - how they affect power rates (09/13/06)
  
• Acquisition of fish and wildlife habitat along Upper Yakima River (09/13/06)
  
• Acquisition of Wildlife Habitat in Okanogan County (09/13/06)
  
• Acquisition of Wildlife Habitat along Cougar Creek (08/31/06)
  
• Omak Creek Acquisition to Protect Summer Steelhead Habitat (08/31/06)
• Good news for wild salmon, steelhead - In the John Day River of eastern Oregon (07/06/06)
  
• Green Island tour wows local, state and federal officials (06/29/06)
  
• Proposed Lyle Falls Fish Passage Project (06/26/06)

• Acquisition of Wildlife Habitat in the Pack River Watershed(05/26/06)
  

• Acquisition of Wildlife Habitat in the Lower Pack River Watershed (05/26/06)
  

• Acquisition of Trout Habitat in the Flathead River Basin
  (05/03/06)
  

• Acquisition of Conservation Easement on Elk Creek
  (04/21/06)
  

• Completing the North Swan Valley conservation Project
  (04/21/06)
  

• Fish Passage Center contract extended through Nov.30 (04/12/06)
  BPA has extended its existing cooperative agreement with the Fish Passage Center through November 30, 2006. See press release.
  

• Fish Passage Center operations have been extended (03/17/06)
  In response to an order by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, BPA has extended the cooperative agreement for the Fish Passage Center (FPC) through April 19, 2006; BPA will discuss additional extensions with the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (the contract administrator for the FPC) in the near future. The agreement extends the current agreement with all terms and conditions in place.

• Corps to install high-flow antenna to better track fish passage (03/16/06)
  Imagine being able to scan all your groceries in one second. Federal engineers and biologists imagined this and applied the technology to fish passage. More....

• Corps operates Bonneville dam facility to protect fish (03/03/06)
  On Friday, march 3, the U.S. Army Corps of engineers will begin releasing water through its corner collector facility at Bonneville dam on the Columbia River to protect migrating juvenile salmon. More....

• BPA selects successors to Fish Passage Center (01/26/06):
  The Bonneville Power Administration announced today that it has selected two organizations to conduct salmon monitoring activities and scientific analysis in the Columbia Basin. Starting March 21, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs will replace work currently done by the Fish Passage Center. Implementation details will be worked out over the next several weeks to ensure seamless continuity. See press release and presentation.