Fact Sheets

Publications from the federal caucus and individual federal caucus agencies, letters, graphs, fact sheets, and other material providing important background information on our efforts and progress to help ESA-listed fish.

See also project fact sheets under FCRPS BiOp Progress Reports and Implementation Plans, where they are posted as progress updates in the year they were completed.



01-04-12 |	2011 Salmon and Steelhead Returns
01-01-11 |	2010 Salmon and Steelhead Returns
10-29-10 |	BPA Backgrounder: Understanding salmon survival in the ocean
10-29-10 |	BPA Backgrounder: Columbia River Hatcheries
10-29-10 |	BPA Backgrounder: Predator control
10-29-10 |	BPA Backgrounder: Managing the Columbia River system for fish
07-26-10 |	Snake River Sockeye Hatchery Program
03-16-10 |	Power benefits of the lower Snake River dams (updated)
08-20-09 |	Frequently asked questions
08-20-08 |	Adult Chinook Returns at Bonneville Dam
07-31-08 |	BPA fact sheet: Estimated costs of the Willamette BiOp
06-16-08 |	Spring Chinook returns to Bonneville Dam, 1938 to 2008
05-09-08 |	Action agencies sign Columbia Basin Fish Accords with tribes and states, providing 10-year certainty for projects that will benefit fish
05-05-08 |	Proposed hydro operations use latest research to support salmon recovery
05-05-08 |	Improved hatchery actions for Columbia River Basin fish
05-05-08 |	Expanded habitat projects target biological needs
10-31-07 |	Why Lower Snake dam removal is not included in the draft 2007 FCRPS BiOp
06-15-07 |	Facts on 2007 adult spring chinook returns to the Columbia and Snake Rivers
06-15-07 |	Slide show: Proposed Action for FCRPS Operations: 2007-2017
05-23-07 |	All FCRPS dams to have surface bypass for fish by 2009
05-21-07 |	Federal agencies submit comprehensive plan for salmon and steelhead recovery
12-30-06 |	BPA Backgrounder - Healthier habitat for fish and wildlife
11-30-06 |	Myths and Facts about the Lower Snake River Dams
11-30-06 |	The Lower Snake River Dam Study: Then and Now
11-30-06 |	Salmon Return Increases since time of ESA listing
06-02-06 |	2004 FCRPS BiOp remand collaboration
06-02-05 |	Spillway Weir
05-18-05 |	Status of Columbia Fish Runs
05-12-05 |	Sea Lions in the Fishway
09-01-04 |	Columbia Basin Salmon Results Since 2000
09-09-04 |	Surface Passage Systems and Removable Spillway Weirs
|	Salmon Life Cycle / All-H
|	Life Cycle of Pacific Salmon (courtesy of NOAA Fisheries)