Pisces version 2.6 has been deployed, with new reports and user enhancements. For more details, see the Pisces release notes under the under the Pisces Help menu or at http://www.efw.bpa.gov/contractors/piscesreleasenotes.pdf. Should you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact fishsupport@bpa.gov.
Updated work elements, including definitions, location rules and background
pages are available for use in FY08 contracts. Because work elements belong
to fiscal years, the FY08 work elements will only be available for contracts
beginning October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008. Contracts beginning before
September 30, 2007 will use FY07 work elements. To see the work elements for
each fiscal year, go to the Fish
and Wildlife Program Report Center, and click on the "Work Elements" link
under "The Basics".
BPA announces FY07-09
Fish and Wildlife Project Selection Decision.
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BPA’s Fish and Wildlife Division unveils a new streamlined
NEPA strategy: To fulfill its responsibilities under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), BPA is publishing a Record of Decision (ROD)
tiered to its Fish
and Wildlife Implementation Plan Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS
0312, April 2003) that will address environmental impacts associated with
BPA’s 2007-2009 fish and wildlife project funding decisions. By covering
most fish and wildlife projects in a single document, BPA can more efficiently
meet its environmental compliance responsibilities, reduce both internal and
external workloads, and focus review on the most complex projects. To support
the new NEPA review strategy, BPA has created functionality in Pisces (our
fish and wildlife project management software) to track and report on the
status of environmental compliance requirements for each fish and wildlife
contract. To read BPA's letter to its contractors announcing the new policy,
please click here. For
more information about the new NEPA strategy, or about BPA’s environmental
compliance, planning and policy analysis activities, please click
here.
2006 Pacific Northwest Fish Screening & Passage Workshop presentations
posted: Recently, regional fish and wildlife managers met to share
methods and accomplishments from their fish screening and passage improvement
projects. Many of these projects are fully or partially funded by BPA. The
workshop was hosted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority (CBFWA), with funding provided
by BPA. Click here to see presentations
from the conference.