About | Careers | Contact | Investors | bpa.gov Search Environmental Stewardship Fish & Wildlife Environmental Analysis Cultural Resources Pollution Prevention As neighbors, professionals, and fellow stewards of the Pacific Northwest's natural resources, BPA’s dedicated staff strive to continually improve the environmental performance of our power, transmission, and fish and wildlife activities. BPA’s Environment, Fish and Wildlife organization oversees this work for BPA. We have four major functions in EFW: Fish and Wildlife Environmental Analysis Fish and Wildlife partners with states, tribal, federal and local governments, non-profit entities and others to implement hundreds of actions to restore habitat, protect land and water, improve passage at the dams and operate state-of-the-art salmon and steelhead hatcheries. Environmental Services is responsible for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis. This group analyzes potential effects of our proposed actions on air, water, wetlands, endangered species, the social environment and economies and identifies appropriate mitigation and environmental protections. Cultural Resources Pollution Prevention and Abatement Cultural Resources identifies and evaluates archaeological, historic, and traditional Native American sites potentially affected by our transmission, fish and wildlife, dam and reservoir operations and mitigating the impacts of our actions on these sites. Pollution Prevention and Abatement provides environmental compliance and pollution prevention oversight for the operation and maintenance of BPA’s transmission system. Fact Sheets and More Historic Columbia Basin Fish Accords: 10 years of accomplishments for fish and wildlife - September 2018 Northern Idaho Wildlife Habitat Stewardship and Restoration MOA Agreement – August 16, 2018 Letter to the Region on FY19 Budget - June 8, 2018 Managing seasonal power oversupply - May 2018 A Northwest energy solution: Regional power benefits of the lower Snake River dams - 2016 Citizen's Guide to the 2016 Comprehensive Evaluation - 2016 Policies Accessibility Privacy Policy Get Involved Contact Investors Public Meetings Submit a Comment Functions Energy Efficiency Environment, Fish & Wildlife Power Transmission Stay Connected Facebook Flickr Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Twitter Related Sites Energy.gov WhiteHouse.gov