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Policy Development and Legal Services
Rob Lothrop
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Policy/Legal Documents
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| CLE: United States v.
Oregon: The Columbia River Salmon Fishing Case |
Conference date
May 28-29, 2008 |
hosted by CRITFC and the Tribal
Leadership Forum
Part of the CRITFC continuing legal education series focusing on
United States v. Oregon. Conference speakers include individuals
with years of history in this case, including three federal judges.
This conference is approved by the Oregon State Bar for 10 General
and 3.5 Access to Justice (Diversity) MCLE credits.
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| 2006-2007
Reports |
| Evaluation of WATBAL: A Model
for Estimating Sediment Delivery and Wwater Yield Response to Land
Management on the Clearwater National Forest, Idaho |
January 2007 |
John Rhodes
This report describes and evaluates WATBAL, a model used to estimate
changes in sediment delivery and water yield in response to logging,
road activities, and fire on the Clearwater National Forest (CNF)
in Idaho.
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| Inital Brief of the CRITFC,
Nez Perce Tribe, and the Yakama Nation and Request for Administrator
to Reconsider Hearing Officer's Order Striking Certain Testimony |
18 April 2006 |
CRITFC, Yakam Nation, Nez Perce Tribe
This brief describes the tribes’ factual, policy, and legal
positions with respect to the Bonneville Power Administration's
Proposals in the WP-07 rate case and requests that the Administrator
reconsider certain aspects of the BPA Hearing Officer’s orders
to strike testimony of the tribes.
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| 2005
Reports |
| 2005-2007 Interim Management
Agreement for Upriver Chinook, Sockeye, Steelhead, Coho, and White
Sturgeon |
10 May 2005 |
CRITFC Policy Department
An agreement for the management of upriver Chinook, sockeye, steelhead,
coho, and white sturgeon. |
| Columbia River Fish Management
Plan |
7 Oct 1988 |
CRITFC Policy Department
The purpose of this management plan is to provide a framework within
which the Parties may exercise their sovereign powers in a coordinated
and systematic manner in order to protect, rebuild, and enhance upper
Columbia River fish runs while providing harvests for both treaty
Indian and non-Indian fisheries. |
| Legal Filings in NWF
v. NMFS (litigation regarding the FCRPS BiOp) |
2005 |
CRITFC Policy Department
A collection of filings, declarations, memos, and motions pertaining
to the 2001 lawsuit concerning the National Marine Fisheries Services’
biological opinion on the operations of the Federal Columbia River
Hydropower System--National Wildlife Federation v. NMFS. |
| 2005 River Operations Plan |
25 March 2005 |
Bob Heinith
The Plan contains recommendations for decision making, dam operations,
including flows, reservoir elevations, spill and fish facility operations.
It also contains recommendations for water acquisition. Each of the recommended
actions will contribute to increased mainstem salmon protection. |
| Joint Memo of the Umatilla,
Warm Springs, and Yakama Tribes in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for
Preliminary Injunction |
21 March 2005 |
Tim Weaver
The Plaintiffs have requested that the court enter a preliminary injunction
against the Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Their request would direct the government
to operate the Federal COlumbia River Power System (FCRPS) so as to
improve survival of listed salmon stocks while NMFS prepares a new
biological opinion that cures the defects of its 2004 Biological Opinion
on the Operations of the FCRPS. |
| 2004
Reports |
| CRITFC Comments on
Issues Related to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council Amendment
Process |
22 November 2004 |
CRITFC Policy Department
These comments, submitted on November 22, 2004, respond to the Northwest
Power and Conservation Council program amendment process and subbasin
plans and provides general and specific comments in response. |
| Remand BiOp Comments |
8 October 2004 |
CRITFC Policy Department
These comments, submitted on October 8, 2004, respond to the Draft BiOp and provides general and
specific comments in response. |
| Comments on Proposed Reductions to Summer Spill Regime |
7 April 2004 |
Bob Heinith
These comments, submitted on April 8, 2004, respond to the Bonneville
Power Administration and Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to reduce
or eliminate the summer spill regime at several federal dams in the
Columbia River Basin. |
| 2004 River Operations Plan |
3 March 2004 |
Bob Heinith
The Plan contains recommendations for decision making, dam operations,
including flows, reservoir elevations, spill and fish facility operations.
It also contains recommendations for water acquisition. Each of the recommended
actions will contribute to increased mainstem salmon protection. |
| 2003
Reports |
| Tribal Energy Vision |
May 2003 |
Tom Foley Consultants, Rob Lothrop
This energy vision develops a set of resources that can be developed
to meet future needs in a wise and economic manner while taking pressure
off of the Columbia River hydroelectric system. It promotes the development
of resources on reservations and other tribal lands to meet this vision. |
| Tribal Partnership Opportunities with the US Army Corps of Engineers |
27 February 2003 |
Laura Gephart
The professional partnership between the Corps and project sponsors is a multifaceted relationship that may encompass many large projects over decades or the few years required to plan and build a single small project. The Project Delivery Team (PDT) will work on all phases of the project, assuring continuity in the project development process and a focus on the end product, delivery of a quality product. The Corps is committed to fostering a strong relationship with tribes through the entire project development and implementation process. |
| 2003 River Operations Plan |
18 March 2003 |
Bob Heinith
The Plan contains recommendations for decision making, dam operations,
including flows, reservoir elevations, spill and fish facility operations.
It also contains recommendations for water acquisition. Each of the recommended
actions will contribute to increased mainstem salmon protection. |
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2002 Reports |
| 2002 River Operations Plan |
5 March 2002 |
Bob Heinith
The Plan contains recommendations for decision making, dam operations, including
flows, reservoir elevations, spill and fish facility operations. It also
contains recommendations for water acquisition. Each of the recommended
actions will contribute to increased mainstem salmon protection. |
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2001 Reports |
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pre-2001 Reports |
| Comments on the Draft Federal
Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion ("BiOp")
and the All-H Paper |
17 Oct 2000 |
| Jim Heffernan |
| In the Matter of the Proposed Wholesale Power Rate Adjustment
Proceeding of the Bonneville Power Administration: Brief on Exceptions |
28 April 2000 |
| Tim Weaver, Kenneth Johnston |
| In the Matter of the Proposed Wholesale Power Rate Adjustment
Proceeding of the Bonneville Power Administration: Initial Brief |
28 Feb 2000 |
| Tim Weaver, Kenneth Johnston |
| Tribal Circumstances and Impacts of the Lower Snake River
Project on the Nez Perce, Yakama, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Shoshone Bannock
Tribes |
April 1999 |
| Meyer Resources, Inc. |
| Tribal Circumstances and Impacts of the Lower Snake
River Project on the Nez Perce, Yakama, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Shoshone
Bannock Tribes--EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
April 1999 |
| Meyer Resources, Inc. |
| The Tribal Vision for the Future of the Columbia River
Basin & How to Achieve It |
1999 |
| Bob Heinith |
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Tribal scientists doing fish monitoring beneath the White Bluffs at the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River.
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