Biological Opinions - Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office

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Clear Lake Hydropower (2012) ( PDF 2.06 MB)

Mid-Snake Hydropower (2012) ( PDF 3.29 MB)

Bureau of Land Management and Ongoing Actions and Livestock Trailing-Bull Trout and Critical Habitat (2012) (PDF 8.05 MB)

U.S. Sheep Experimental Station Grazing and Associated Projects, Agricultural Research Services (2011) (PDF 1.9MB)

Northwest Ada County Rights-of-Way Corridors for the M3 Development (2011) (PDF 5.9 MB)  

Herd Creek Grazing Allotment (2011) (PDF 1.42 MB)

BLM Rights-of-Way, Military Training and Mineral Material Use Authorization Actions in Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, and Owyhee Counties (2011) (PDF 2.9 MB)

Kootenai River Habitat Restoration Project, Phase 1 (2011) (PDF 1.23 MB)

The Effects of Bureau of Land Management Ongoing Livestock Grazing Actions In Idaho on the Slickspot Peppergrass (Lepidium Papilliferum) (2010) (PDF 1.46 MB)

Bureau of Land Management Existing Land Use Plans in the Boise and Twin Falls Districts Related to Slickspot Peppergrass Conservation (2009) (PDF 1.54 MB)

Modified Idaho Roadless Rule, USDA Forest Service, Regions 1 and 4 (2008)

Cover Page(PDF 836 KB)
Table of Contents (PDF 63 KB)
CHAPTER I: Introduction (PDF 68.27 KB)                                                                           
CHAPTER II:  DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION  (PDF 854.80 KB)                             
CHAPTER III.  BULL TROUT (PDF 146.94 KB)                                                                                 
CHAPTER IV:  SELKIRK MOUNTAINS WOODLAND CARIBOU (PDF 608.79 KB)            
CHAPTER V:  GRIZZLY BEAR (PDF 499.18)                                                                                
CHAPTER VI:  GRAY WOLF  (PDF 72.66 KB)                                                                                 
CHAPTER VII:  CANADA LYNX PDF (89.77 KB)                                                                       
CHAPTER VIII:  PROPOSED CRITICAL HABITAT FOR CANADA LYNX  (PDF 440.58 KB)       
CHAPTER IX:  NORTHERN IDAHO GROUND SQUIRREL (PDF 503.54 KB)                                  
CHAPTER X:  MACFARLANE’S FOUR-O’-CLOCK (PDF 106.66 KB)                                            
CHAPTER XI:  UTE LADIES’ TRESSES (PDF 34.62 KB)                
CHAPTER XII:  REINITIATION-CLOSING STATEMENT (PDF 7.38 KB)
LITERATURE CITED (PDF 114.25 KB)   
APPENDIX A.  Biological Opinion for INFISH and PACFISH (excerpt) (PDF 80.52 KB)       
APPENDIX B.  Letter from Idaho Panhandle Forest regarding Woodland Caribou (PDF 209.99 KB)
APPENDIX C.  Letter from Idaho Panhandle Forest regarding Grizzly Bear  (PDF 316.10 KB)

                          

Nutrient Enrichment Effects Program (2007) (PDF 1.87 MB)

US 95 Lewiston Hill to Genesee; Key #7769 - Nez Perce and Latah Counties, Idaho (2007) (PDF 1.42 MB)

Excavation of Accumulated Sediments at the Homedale Boat Landing Facility - Owyhee County, Idaho (2007)
(PDF 987.12 KB)

American Rivers Restoration Project (2006) (PDF 2.39 MB)

Roaring River Fish Passage Restoration Project (2006) (PDF 2.02 MB)

Stream Crossing Structure Replacement & Removal Program(2006) (PDF 4.20 MB)

Newsome Creek Watershed Rehabilitation Project - Idaho County, Idaho (2006) (PDF 5.29 MB)

North Fork Noxious Weed Treatment Project - North Fork Clearwater River Basin, Idaho, Clearwater, and Shoshone Counties, Idaho (2005) (PDF 1.34 MB)

Bureau of Reclamation Projects in the Upper Snake River Basin - Memorandum Transmitting Final (2005) (PDF 2.39 MB)

Proposed Relicensing of Five Idaho Power Company Hydroelectric Projects - Snake River, Idaho - Erratum Shoshone Falls FERC #2778, Upper Salmon Falls FERC #2777, Lower Salmon Falls FERC #2061, Bliss FERC #1975, C.J. Strike FERC #2055 (2004) (PDF 2.22 MB)

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