Categorical Exclusion Determinations: B3.3

Bonneville Power Administration proposes to fund the Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission (CRITFC) to use genetic analysis techniques to evaluate the relative reproductive success of tribal hatchery programs and provide personnel to assist sampling efforts.
The objective of this Project is to assist the United States, Department of Energy (DOE), Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) with preparation of One (1), Biological Assessment (BA), for the Eastern Black Rail at the Big Hill offsite work area including ground truthing of potentially suitable habitat.