Posted here, by year, are the federal agencies' ESA progress reports and implementation plans for the FCRPS BiOp.

View 2008 Progress Report summary and related documents. 

The federal action agencies carry out a wide range of Reasonable and Prudent Actions (RPAs) that the BiOp specifies.  Implementation is based on: 

• Performance:  the agencies rely on the best available scientific information to identify and carry out actions that are expected to provide immediate and long-term benefits to ESA-listed fish.
• Accountability for results:  the agencies use implementation planning and progress reporting to inform and signal appropriate adaptations or adjustments to their actions.
• Adaptive management:  the agencies assess the effectiveness of actions taken and modify future actions based on the new information.

The RPAs take a comprehensive approach, providing listed fish with healthier places to apwn and grow as well as a safer migration path to and from the ocean.  An approach that relies on hydropower operations alone will not recover the species.  Many other factors have contirbuted to the salmon's decline, including overharvest, hatchery practices, degraded habitat, increased predators and unfavorable ocean conditions. 

The graph below shows some of the ways the agencies are improving conditions for fish at all stages of their lifecycle.