Fish and
Wildlife
05/20/2010: PPC issues a statement on the Obama Administration's release of the 2010 Supplemental Biological Opinion. To view the statement click here.
05/10/2010: PPC submits comments on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's draft Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Reporting Plan. View the comments here.
05/06/2010: 2010 Fish Facts - PPC has pulled together the relevant facts regarding recovery and mitigation of Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead stocks. To view the 2010 Fish Facts click here.
04/05/2010: In a letter to BPA Administrator, Steve Wright, PPC's Executive Director, Scott Corwin, raises questions regarding the agency's public and customer review processes after a 20 year contract with the Bonneville Environmental Fund was executed without any public or customer review. Click here to view the letter.
"Collaborating for Salmon" A joint Op Ed by Scott Corwin, Executive Director of PPC, and John Saven, Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Requirements Utilities, is published by the Oregonian on August 31, 2009, and available on its web page. The joint opinion piece supports the current Biological Opinion for the Federal Columbia River Power System and takes on recent claims in national newspapers that science supports removing the four Lower Snake River dams as the only way to recovery ESA-listed salmon species. Their piece highlights recent improvements in salmon survival as over a million salmon return to the Columbia River today as compared to 500,000 in 1938. Click here to view their joint Op Ed.
PPC Comments on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council Draft Fish and Wildlife Expenditure Report: On July 9, 2009, PPC submitted comments on the
Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s draft of the Eighth Annual Report to the Northwest Governors on Expenditures of the Bonneville Power Administration to implement the Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife program. Click here to view PPC's comments.
PPC Mythbusters Series: PPC has taken on the prevailing myths surrounding efforts to recover ESA-listed salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake Rivers.
To view the PPC's Mythbusters and Ruralite's one-page versions click on the links below.
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