In November 2008, the Council requested that the ISRP assess the Colville Confederated Tribes' November 2008 response to the ISRP's March 7, 2008 preliminary Step Two review for the Chief Joseph Dam Hatchery Program, Project # 2003-023-00.
The ISRP's review includes a chronology of the review history and discussion of six scientific issues identified by the ISRP and Council in the Step One review that need further development/clarification during Step Two. This is a Step Two Review in the Council's Three-Step Review Process and is the fifth review over the past six years that the ISRP has considered for this project, either through the project selection or the Step Review process. These reviews and responses have resulted in a healthy and constructive scientific dialogue with evidence of progress at each step for this complex and ambitious hatchery program.
