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Independent Scientific Review Panel

The ISRP reviews individual fish and wildlife projects funded by Bonneville Power Administration and makes recommendations on matters related to those projects. See background and membership.

The Council welcomes public comment on the ISRP's reports and recommendations. Unless otherwise indicated, the Council will accept comments on the ISRP report for 30 days following the date of the report. The Council will consider all comments prior to making its recommendation to Bonneville. Please forward any comments to .

Documents

Newest documents are listed first. Document number assumes "ISRP" prefix (like ISRP 2010-1).

Number Title
2010-7

Initial Review of BiOp Fast Track Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Proposals

2010-6 Preliminary Review of Six 2010 Estuary Proposals submitted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program
2010-5 Review of Accord Proposal, Upper Lemhi River – Acquisition (#2008-601-00) – Response Request
2010-4 Review of BiOp Proposal to Study Non-native Predator Impacts on Salmon - Revised Proposal Requested
2010-3

Review of Big Canyon Watershed Project

2010-2 Review of the Yakama Nation’s Accord Proposal, Columbia Cascade Province MOA Habitat Projects (2009-003-00)
2010-1 Step-Three Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program, Project #2003-023-00, Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
2009-57 Qualification Review of Accord Proposal, Expanded Multi-Species Acclimation Wenatchee/Methow (2009-001-00)
2009-56 Qualification Review for Accord Proposal, Resident Fish Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation proposal (2008-109-00)
2009-55 Final Review of Accord Proposal, Yakama Nation Status and Trend Annual Report (2009-002-00)
2009-54 Response Review of Accord proposal, Basinwide Supplementation Evaluation – Phase I (2009-009-00) - Objective 1
2009-53 ISRP Review of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Salmon River Basin Nutrient Enhancement Accord proposal (2008-904-00)
2009-52

Response Request for Accord Proposal, Genetic stock structure, relative productivity and migration (gene flow) of white sturgeon among Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day and McNary reservoirs in the lower mid-Columbia River region (2008-504-00)

2009-51 Follow-up Review of Accord Proposal, Twin Lakes Enhancement Proposal (2008-111-00)
2009-50 Final Review of the Yakama Nation’s Accord Proposal, Upper Columbia Nutrient Supplementation (2008-471-00)
2009-49 Follow-up review of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Fish Accord Proposal: Deschutes River Restoration Program (2008-301-00)
2009-48 ISRP FY 2007-09 Follow-up Review of Wenatchee Complexity Project, 200732500: Site CMZ C6
2009-47 Response Request for Step Review of the Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan (#1996-040-00)
2009-46 ISRP Review of Bitterroot and Blackfoot Subbasin Plans
2009-45 ISRP Final Review of Warm Springs' Lamprey Accord Proposal for Fifteenmile Creek and Hood River Subbasins (2007-007-00)
2009-44 Final Review of Accord Proposal, Resident Fish RME proposal (2008-109-00)
2009-43 Review of AFEP project - Statistical Design for the Lower Columbia River Acoustic-Tag Investigations of Dam Passage Survival and Associated Metrics
2009-42 Review of the Yakama Nation’s Accord Proposal, Columbia Cascade Province MOA Habitat Projects (2009-003-00)
2009-41 Review of Twin Lakes Enhancement Proposal (2008-111-00)
2009-40 Preliminary Step 1 Review of the Kootenai River Native Fish Conservation Aquaculture Program
2009-39 Final review of the Yakama Nation’s Upper Columbia Kelt Reconditioning Program (2008-458-00)
2009-38 Review of Accord Proposal, Yakama Nation Status and Trend Annual Report (2009-002-00)
2009-37 Review of Accord Proposal, Produce Statistically Valid Harvest Estimates (2008-508-00) - Response Requested
2009-36 Follow-up Review of FY 2007 – 09 Proposal 2007-034-00: Columbia Cascade Pump Screen Correction (Response Requested)

2009-35

Final review of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Fish Accord Proposal: Deschutes River Restoration Program (2008-301-00)
2009-34 Review of Accord Proposal, Resident Fish Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation proposal (#2008-109-00)
2009-33 Response Request for Accord Proposal, Monitoring Recovery Trends in Key Spring Chinook Habitat Variables and Validation of Population Viability Indicators (2009-004-00)
2009-32 ISRP Response Request for Twin Lakes Enhancement Proposal (2008-111-00), an Accord project
2009-31 Review of Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s Revised Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation projects (1995-057-00 and -01)
2009-30 Review of Accord Proposal, Rufus Woods Reservoir Redband Broodstock Net Pens (2008-117-00)
2009-29 Review of Wenatchee Complexity Project (2007-325-00): Site CMZ N4
2009-28 Final Review of BiOp proposal Chum Salmon Enhancement in the Lower Columbia River (2008-710-00)
2009-27 Review of the Yakama Nation’s Accord Proposal, Upper Columbia Nutrient Supplementation (2008-471-00)
2009-26 Response Requested for Accord Proposal, Salmon River Basin Nutrient Enhancement (2008-904-00)
2009-25 Final review of the Columbia River Fish Accord proposal, Deschutes River Fall Chinook Research and Monitoring (2008-306-00)
2009-24 Review of Accord Proposal, Pacific Lamprey Passage Design (2008-524-00)
2009-23 Review of Accord Proposal, Willamette Falls Lamprey Escapement Estimate (2008-308-00)
ISRP/ISAB 2009-2 ISRP and ISAB Comments on the Council's March 2009 Proposed High Level Indicators
2009-22 Final Review of Yakama Sturgeon Management Project (2008-455-00)
2009-21 Final review of the Columbia River Fish Accord proposal, Sea Lion Predation Rate Estimation and Non-lethal Hazing (2008-004-00)
2009-20 Review of CTUIR Ceded Area Priority Stream Corridor Conservation and Protection (2008-207-00)
2009-19 Review of Accord proposal, Basinwide Supplementation Evaluation – Phase I (2009-009-00)
2009-18 Review of Accord proposal, Sockeye Studies (2008-503-00)
2009-17 Final Review of 2009 Wildlife Proposals
2009-16 Review of Lake Roosevelt Fisheries Guiding Document
2009-15 Cassimer Bar Hatchery Master Plan Step-One Review
2009-14 Review of BiOp proposal Chum Salmon Enhancement in the Lower Columbia River (2008-710-00)
2009-13 Final Review of the Proposed Scope Expansion of the Project Restore Potlatch River Watershed (2002-061-00)
2009-12 ISRP Step-Two Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program (2003-023-00)
2009-11 Final Review of Scope Expansion for the Project Reestablish Connectivity and Restore Fish Habitat in the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River Watershed (2007-127-00)
2009-10 Review of two Columbia River Basin Fish Accord Proposals: White Sturgeon and Multi-Species Acclimation (2007-155-00 and 2009-001-00)
2009-9 Response review of the Columbia River Fish Accord proposal Yakama Nation Pacific Lamprey Program (2008-470-00)
2009-8 Final Review of the Proposed Scope Expansion of the Project Restore Potlatch River Watershed
2009-7 ISRP Preliminary Wildlife Category Review
2009-6 Step One Review of the Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan (1996-040-00)
2009-5 Review of two Columbia River Fish Accord Proposals: Lyons Ferry Adult Holding and Yakama Nation Lamprey
2009-4 FY 2007-09 Follow-up Review of Wenatchee Complexity Project (2007-325-00): Sites CMZ 11 and 4
2009-3 Review of CRITFC Fish Accord Proposal: Influence of Environment and Landscape on Salmonid Genetics (2009-005-00)
2009-2 Response Requested — Step Two Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program, Project (2003-023-00)
ISAB/ISRP 2009-1 Tagging Report: A comprehensive review of Columbia River Basin fish tagging technologies and programs
2009-1 ISRP Response Request — Review of Scope Expansion for the Project Reestablish Connectivity and Restore Fish Habitat in the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River Watershed (2007-127-00)
2008-15 ISRP General Comments on the First Set of 11 Columbia River Fish Accord Proposals and Final Review of the Proposal “Genetic Assessment of Columbia River Stocks
2008-14 Review of the Walla Walla Spring Chinook Master Plan
2008-13 FY 2007-09 Follow-up Review of Wenatchee Complexity Project (2007-325-00)
2008-12 ISRP Sekokini Springs Step Review 2008
2008-11 Review of the Yankee Fork Floodplain Restoration Project Implementation Plan for 2008-2018
2008-10 Review of the Revised Hood River Production Program Master Plan: Step One of the Council’s Three-Step Review Process
2008-9 Review of the Grande Ronde Basin Fish Habitat Project Summary Report, 1984-2007 for the ODFW Blue Mountain Oregon Fish Habitat Improvement Project (1984-025-00)
2008-8 Final Review of June 2008 Results Report and Project Response for the Mainstem, Middle Fork, John Day Rivers Fish Habitat Enhancement Project (1984-021-00)
2008-7 Metrics Review
2008-6 Review of the March 2008 Yakama Nation’s Klickitat Anadromous Fisheries Master Plan
2008-5 Final Review of Results Report and February 2008 Project Response for the Mainstem, Middle Fork, John Day Rivers Fish Habitat Enhancement Project (1984-021-00)
2008-4 Retrospective Report 2007
2008-3 Review of Updated Study Plans for the Rufus Woods Supplementation and Creel Project
2008-2 Preliminary Step-Two Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program Master Plan
2008-1 Review of the Collaborative Systemwide Monitoring and Evaluation Project (CSMEP)
2007-18 Review of Ecological Restoration Strategies for Lapwai and Big Canyon Creeks
2007-17 Review of Project 2007-405-00 Rufus Woods Supplementation and Creel Project
2007-16 Step Review of Sekokini Springs Isolation Facility
2007-15 Umatilla Initiative Review
2007-14 Input on Evaluation of Regional Coordination Projects
2007-13 Preliminary ISRP Review of Project 2007-405-00 Rufus Woods Supplementation and Creel Project
2007-12 Results Report of the Grand Ronde Model Watershed Program Habitat Restoration - Planning, Coordination, and Implementation Project, 1992-026-01
2007-11 Review of Combined Habitat Assessment Protocols (CHAP) work element in Project 200600600, Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP)
2007-10 Lake Roosevelt Kokanee Program Review
2007-9 Review of FY 2007-09 Innovative Proposals
2007-8 Review of the ISEMP John Day Study Plan
2007-7 Review of the latest revision of the FY 2007-09 proposal 199101901 (dated 05/25/07), Hungry Horse Mitigation/Flathead Lake
2007-6 FY 2007-09 Follow-up Review of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation Project 199505702
2007-5 Final Review of Proposal 2003-063-00
2007-4 Review of Desert Wildlife Area O&M proposal
ISRP/IEAB
2007-3
SAFE Review 2007
2007-2 Response Loop Review of FY 2007 – 09 Proposal 2007-034-00: Columbia Cascade Pump Screen Correction
2007-1 2006 Retrospective Report
2006-7 Framework for ISRP Review of New and Ongoing Projects for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
2006-6 FY 2007-09 Final Review of Proposals
2006-5 Review of the Mid-Columbia Coho Restoration Master Plan
2006-4 Preliminary Review of FY 2007-09 Proposals for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
2006-3 Response Review of Fiscal Year 2006 Proposal, "An Acoustic Tracking Array for Studying Ocean Survival and Movements of Columbia River Salmon (2003-114-00)"
2006-2 Response Review of FY 2006 Proposal, Estuary RM&E Pilot Project
2006-1 Review of Salmon Subbasin Pilot Projects Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
2005-20 Review of the Draft Columbia River Basin Research Plan
2005-19 Review of Fiscal Year 2006 Proposal, Acoustic Tracking for Studying Ocean Survival
2005-18 Review of the Updated Study Design and Statistical Analysis of Idaho Supplementation Studies
2005-17 Review of Fiscal Year 2006 Proposals for the Estuary and Columbia Cascade
2005-16 Review of the Yakama Nation’s Response to the ISRP’s Step 1 Review of the Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan
ISRP/ISAB
2005-15
Monitoring and Evaluation of Supplementation Projects
2005-14 Retrospective Report 1997 - 2005 (plus Appendix: The Evolution of Scientific Review in the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program)
ISRP/ISAB
2005-13
Preliminary Review of Draft Research Plan
2005-12 Review of Nez Perce Tribe's Response to the ISRP's Preliminary Step Two Review of the Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement Project
2005-11 Review of Proposal to Improve the Lower Granite Dam Adult Salmonid Trap
2005-10 Interim Reply: Combined Step Review for Sekokini Springs Natural Rearing Facility and Educational Center, Hungry Horse Mitigation, Project #199101903
2005-9 Review of Updated Proposed Action (UPA) Habitat Projects to Improve Survival of Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook and Steelhead
2005-8 Review of the Select Area Fishery Evaluation Project
2005-7 Step 1 Review of the Klickitat Subbasin Anadromous Fishery Master Plan
2005-6 Step review of the Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation Enhancement Project
2005-5 Review of the All-H Analyzer (AHA)
2005-4 ISRP Preliminary Review of Sekokini Springs Master Plan
2005-3 Combined Step Review for Re-introduction of Lower Columbia River Chum Salmon into Duncan Creek
2005-2 Review of the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program Master Plan
2005-1 Review of Criteria and Checklist for Evaluating Proposals to Secure Riparian Easements to Protect Tributary Habitat
2004-17 Review of Umatilla RM&E Plan
2004-16 Estuary and Lower Columbia Habitat Monitoring and RME Plan Reviews
2004-15 Review of Shoshone Paiute Tribe's Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Project 199701100
2004-14 Review of Captive Propagation Program Elements: Programmatic Issue 12 for the Mountain Snake and Blue Mountain Provinces
2004-13 Scientific Review of Subbasin Plans for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
2004-12 Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal: Review and evaluate the success and relevancy of the Chief Joseph Dam wildlife mitigation program
2004-11 Review of the Nez Perce Tribe-Department of Fisheries Resource Management-Watershed Division's statistical design for monitoring effectiveness of watershed restoration projects
2004-10 ISRP Step Two Review of the Northeast Oregon Hatchery (NEOH) Spring Chinook Master Plan: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
2004-9 Review of the Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Monitoring and Data Management Project
2004-8 Final Review of the US Army Corps of Engineers' Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program for FY2004
2004-7 Comments on Flathead and Kootenai Subbasin Plan Presentations
2004-6 Second Review of Proposal to Evaluate the Biological Effects of the Council's Mainstem Amendments on the Fisheries Upstream and Downstream of Hungry Horse and Libby Dams
2004-5 &
2004-5a
Review of Response to ISRP comments on Summer Spill Study Proposal: Estimating the survival of sub-yearling Chinook salmon through Bonneville Dam during two spill operation scenarios using Radio-Telemetry: 2004
2004-4 Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan (November 2003 version)
2004-3 Preliminary Review of Hungry Horse and Libby Proposal (also see final review)
ISRP/ISAB
2004-2
Comments on the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership's (PNAMP) Draft Recommendations for Monitoring in Subbasin Plans
2004-2 Review of Criteria for Evaluating Proposals to Secure Tributary Water for 2004
2004-1 Review of Draft Action Agency and NOAA Fisheries RM&E Plan
2003-14 Review of Fiscal Year 2004 Pre-proposals for the US Army Corps of Engineers' Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program
2003-13 Review of the Action Agencies' Draft Estuary Plan
2003-12 Step Two Review of the Northeast Oregon Hatchery Spring Chinook Master Plan
2003-11 Review of Protocols for Counting Salmonids, Resident Fish, and Lampreys in the Pacific Northwest
2003-10 Review of the Umatilla Fish Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation Project (199000500) document, "Comprehensive Assessment of Salmonid Restoration and Enhancement Efforts in the Umatilla River Basin"
2003-9 Final Review of Proposals Submitted in Response to Bonneville Power Administration's March 14, 2003 Request for Studies for Reasonable and Prudent Alternative Actions 182 and 184 of the 2000 Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion
2003-8 Review of Idaho Supplementation Studies
2003-7 Review of proposals for BPA's request for studies on RPAs 182 and 184
2003-6 Review of revised mainstem/systemwide proposals for Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation
2003-5 Review of Coeur d’Alene Tribe Trout Production Facility Master Plan (Step One Submittal)
2003-4 Review of BPA’s Draft Request For Proposals for RM&E
2003-2 Summary of ISRP Reviews and Interactions with the Action Agencies’ RM&E Effort
2003-3 Review of Draft Clearwater Subbasin Plan
2003-1 Final ISRP Review of Criteria for Evaluating Proposals to Secure Tributary Water
2002-15 Review of Criteria for Evaluating Proposals to Secure Tributary Water
2002-14 Final Review of Fiscal Year 2003 Mainstem and Systemwide Proposals
2002-13 Preliminary Review of Fiscal Year 2003 Mainstem and Systemwide Proposals
2002-12 Final Step Review - Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish, Project 199500100
2002-11 Final Review of Fiscal Year 2003 Proposals for the Upper and Middle Snake, Columbia Cascade, and Lower Columbia and Estuary Provinces
2002-10 Review of project 200101500 - Echo Meadow Project
2002-9 Review of Revised Moses Lake Recreational Facility proposal
2002-8 Review of FY 2002 Innovative Proposals
2002-7 Preliminary ISRP Step Review - Kalispel Tribe Resident Fish, Project 199500100
2002-6 Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Final Proposal Review for Columbia Plateau, Blue Mountain and Mountain Snake Provinces
2002-5 Review of March 27, 2002 Draft Guidelines for Action Effectiveness Research Proposals for FCRPS Offsite Mitigation Habitat Measures
2002-4 Review of Council Staff's Draft Research Plan for Fish and Wildlife in the Columbia River Basin
2002-3 Protocols for the Inventory and Monitoring of Fish, Wildlife, and their Habitats in the Pacific Northwest; Statement of Work by David H. Johnson, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
  ISRP comments on Corps' response to document ISRP 2001-11 (Mar 4, 2002)
2002-2 Preliminary Review of Fiscal Year 2003 Proposals for the Upper and Middle Snake, Columbia Cascade, and Lower Columbia and Estuary Provinces
2002-1 Final Review: Arrowleaf/Methow River Conservation Project
2001-12A Final Review of Fiscal Year 2002 Proposals for the Mountain Snake and Blue Mountain Provinces
2001-12B Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Preliminary Proposal Review
2001-12C ISRP Step Two Review of the NEOH Spring Chinook Master Plan
2001-11 Preliminary review of the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Bonneville Decision Document Juvenile Fish Passage Recommendation October 2001 (also see ISRP comments to Corps' response)
2001-10 ISRP Comments on CRITFC proposal for a Collaborative Center for Applied Fish Science
2001-9 Preliminary Review of FY2002 Project Proposals in the Mountain Snake and Blue Mountain Provinces
2001-8 Final Review of Fiscal Year 2002 Proposals for the Columbia Plateau Province
2001-7a Final Review of Fiscal Year 2001 Action Plan Proposals including Responses to ISRP Comments
2001-7 Review of Fiscal Year 2001 Action Plan Proposals
2001-6 Preliminary Review of FY 2002 Project Proposals for the Columbia Plateau Province (410k PDF)
2001-5 Review of NMFS Proposal "Evaluate Hatchery Reform Principles"
2001-4 Final Review of FY 2002 Project Proposals for the Mountain Columbia Province (includes addenda for Albeni Falls and Kalispal Wildlife projects)
2001-3 ISRP Review of the Final Design of the Shoshone-Bannock/ Shoshone-Paiute Joint Culture Facility (project #9500600) and August 6 addendum
2001-2 Preliminary Review of FY 2002 Project Proposals for the Mountain Columbia Province (120k PDF)
2001-1 Review of FY 2001 High Priority Proposals for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (190k PDF)
2000-10 Review of Fiscal Year 2001 Innovative Proposals for the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (100k PDF)
2000-9
and
addendum
Final Review of Fiscal Year 2001 Project Proposals for the Columbia River Gorge and Inter-Mountain Provinces (450k PDF) and addendum for Moses Lake proposal
2000-8 Preliminary Review of Fiscal Year 2001 Project Proposals for the Columbia River Gorge and Inter-Mountain Provinces (300k PDF)
2000-7 Partial Step One of the Council’s Three-Step Review Process: Master Plan for Feasibility Assessment of a White Sturgeon ‘Put and Take’ Consumptive Fisheries in Oxbow and Hells Canyon Reservoirs, Snake River (70k PDF)
2000-6 Step 1 of the Council’s 3-Step Review Process: Review of the Northeast Oregon Hatchery Spring Chinook Master Plan (50k PDF)
2000-5 Partial Step 2 of the Council’s 3-Step Review Process: Review of the Yakama Nation's Mid-Columbia Coho Reintroduction Feasibility Project (50k PDF)
2000-4 Review of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s "Restoration Plan for Pacific Lampreys (Lampetra tridentata) in the Umatilla River, Oregon" (15k PDF)
2000-3 Review of Databases Funded through the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program
  Letter regarding review of the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (PDF, Apr 3, 2000)
2000-2 Steps 1-3 of the Council’s 3-Step Review Process: Review of the Tucannon River Captive Broodstock Master Plan (100k PDF)
2000-1 Step 1 of the Council’s 3-Step Review Process: Review of Coeur d’Alene Tribe Trout Production Facility Master Plan (60k PDF)
99-4 Response Review of Fiscal Year 2000 Proposals (310k PDF)
99-3 Prioritized List of 42 Proposals Submitted for FY2000 Funding through the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program (140k PDF)
99-2 Volume I: Review of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program for Fiscal Year 2000 as Directed by the 1996 Amendment to the Northwest Power Act (600k PDF)
99-2A Volume II: Review and Recommendations of Individual FY2000 Project Proposals (910k PDF)
99-1 Review of the BPA Reimbursable Account Programs in the Columbia River Basin as Requested in the Senate-House Conference Report on FY99 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
98-1 Review of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program for Fiscal Year 1999 as Directed by the 1996 Amendment to the Northwest Power Act (425k PDF)
98-1A Appendix A ISRP Comments on Proposals (240k PDF)
97-2 Review of "A Method and Criteria for Evaluating the Technical Merits and Feasibility of Watershed/Habitat Projects" (30k PDF)
97-1 Review of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program for Fiscal Year 1998 as directed by the 1996 amendment to the Power Act (225k PDF)
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