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On December 26th, NOAA Fisheries completed section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bonneville Power Administration on the operation and maintenance of the Willamette Valley System. NOAA Fisheries determined the proposed action jeopardizes Upper Willamette River Chinook salmon and Upper Willamette River steelhead, and would adversely modify their designated critical habitat. The jeopardy Biological Opinion includes a Reasonable and Prudent Alternative that addresses water quality; fish passage; habitat restoration; hatchery operation and maintenance; and monitoring.

NMFS Consultation Number: WCRO-2023-02924

The United Water Conservation District has prepared the Freeman Diversion Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan as part of its application for incidental take permits under Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the federal Endangered Species Act.

This biological opinion evaluates the effects of the tidegate repair and replacement project on ESA-listed species in Puget Sound, including Puget Sound Chinook salmon, Puget sound steelhead, and Southern Resident killer whales.

This study evaluated the geomorphic response of a dynamic gravelbed river to 23 years of wood additions.

Proposed action analyzed in this opinion is NOAA Fisheries approval and implementation of the annual management measures the Council has recommended for ocean salmon fisheries in the year 2020 within the U.S. Pacific Coast Region Exclusive Economic Zone.

This file contains high resolution maps of the U.S. West Coast, illustrating the three categories of changes that Amendment 28 makes, effective January 1, 2020.

The multi-species HCP covers 49,000 acres of timber lands in southwestern Washington State.

The purpose of this report is to identify and analyze the potential economic impacts associated with the designation of critical habitat for the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Distinct Population Segments of yelloweye rockfish, canary rockfish, and bocaccio under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

This report contains NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region’s analysis for designating critical habitat under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act for the Distinct Population Segments of yelloweye rockfish, canary rockfish, and bocaccio of the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin.