[9] Mainstem F&W Proposals Undergo First Review
A team of regional fish and wildlife managers facilitated by the Columbia Fish and Wildlife Authority has completed its draft recommendations of 161 proposals for the next three-year cycle of BPA's fish and wildlife funding. They recommended that only 13 percent (21 projects) not be funded. The projects will now undergo scientific scrutiny by the Independent Scientific Review Panel.
Twenty-eight projects were placed in the Core Program category ($41M), 32 were placed in the High Priority category ($20M), and 55 were placed in the Recommended Action category ($17M).
The team said 10 on-the-ground projects that added up to $2.7 million in funding were better suited to local review and were not prioritized. Also, several groups of projects were not ranked, pending a review in special categories (i.e., fish passage monitoring, database management, and fish and wildlife manager coordination). All but two multi-province projects were provided a review by the team and incorporated in the Program framework. -B. R.
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