Endangered Species Act - Section 7 Consultation

DRAFT Biological Opinion

Operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System
Including the Juvenile Fish Transportation Program and the
Bureau of Reclamation's 31 Projects,
Including the Entire Columbia Basin Project.

Agencies:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bonneville Power Administration
Bureau of Reclamation
National Marine Fisheries Service
 

Consultation Conducted by:
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northwest Region
Date Issued: July 27, 2000 (Draft)

Table of Contents*

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Complete Table of Contents

1.0     Objectives

2.0     Background

3.0     Proposed Action

4.0     Biological Information

5.0     Environmental Baseline

6.0     Effects of Proposed Action

7.0     Cumulative Effects

8.0     Conclusions

9.0     Reasonable and Prudent Alternative

10.0    Incidental Take Statement

11.0    Conservation Recommendations

12.0    Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

13.0    Reinitiation of Consultation

14.0    References

Excel 97 spreadsheets with details of the species-level analyses described in sections 6.3, 9.7.2, and 9.7.3.2.  When opening these files, respond "yes" to enable macros and "no" to update links. (1.2 mb zipped files)

Updated Excel 97 Spreadsheets (9/7/00). These have been updated to include new 9/5/00 CRI risk assessment. When opening these files, respond "yes" to enable macros and "no" to update links. (1.2 mb zipped files)

Table specifying incidental take of adults of listed salmonids under the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative (inadvertently omitted from the July 27th draft).

Updates to the CRI tables and updates to the tables in Chapters 6 and 9 of the draft opinion that rely on these CRI tables.
 
 

Appendices

Appendix A:    Biological requirements, current status, and trends: Twelve Columbia River Basin evolutionarily significant units

Appendix B:    Biological effects analysis and Simpas model documentation

Appendix C:    Analysis of effects of proposed action and reasonable and prudent alternatives on species-level biological requirements of listed species

Annex 2 of Appendix C, Figures and Tables

Appendix D:    Development of a water quality plan for the Columbia River mainstem: A Federal agency proposal

Appendix E:     Update of "Spill and 1995 Risk Management"