MORRIS L. BRUSETT 



CHAIRMAN 



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NORTHWEST POWER PLANNING COUNCIL 



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TOM TRLXOM 



MCE CHAIRMAN 



Wuhington 



R. Ted BonfCT 

 Washington 



;<ni** A. CoU« 

 Idaho 



Robert (Bob)Suvik 



Northwest Power Planning Council 

 Issue Paper 



Wildiif* Mitigation Planning 



September 23, 1988 



The purpose of this issue paper is to seek public comment on several wildlife mitigation 

 proposals currently under review by the Council. Those wildlife mitigation proposals are for Grand 

 Coulee Dam in Washington, the Willamette Basin facilities in Oregon, and Palisades, Anderson 

 Ranch and Black Canyon dams in Idaho. These proposals raise a number of important issues that 

 may need to be addressed in considering these and future wildlife mitigation proposals. To begin 

 the discussion, this paper reviews the background of the wildlife program contained in the 

 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program and proposes several alternatives the Council may 

 wish to consider in its process to amend the wildlife mitigation proposals into the program. 



The Council staff is not recommending a specific alternative on the wildlife mitigation 

 proposals in this issue paper. Rather, the paper outlines a series of issues and alternatives that 

 should focus attention on wildlife concerns that arise in connection with the Council's fish and 

 wildlife program. The Council will undertake discussions and consultations on this paper in an 

 effort to resolve these issues. 



The alternatives the Council may wish to consider for action on the wildlife mitigation 

 proposals are as follows: 



1 . Amend the wildlife mitigation proposals as submitted by the fish and wikjiife agencies and 

 tribes into the fish arxl wikjIife program. 



2. Adjust the wikJIife mitigation proposals so that only a specified portion of the mitigation is 

 funded by the region's ratepayers. Amend the proposals into the fish and wildlife program 

 accordingly. 



3. Defer action on the pending wildlife mitigation proposals until wildlife policy issues can be 

 addressed or all wildlife mitigation planning under the program is complete. 



4. Define the boundaries of the wildlife program by a specified program level of effort and pace 

 of implementation for approved mitigation projects over an appropriate time period. 



5. Develop guiding policies for wildlife mitigation decisions and amend them into the fish and 

 wildlife program. 



