Feb. 14, 2011:  NOAA Fisheries released the final Columbia River Estuary Endangered Species Act Recovery Plan Module for Salmon and Steelhead. It addresses the estuary recovery needs of all Endangered Species Act-listed salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. All recovery plans for listed Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead will incorporate the estuary module by reference.

• Federal Register notice (76FR8345) (PDF 19KB)
• Entire final Estuary Module (PDF 7.1MB); separate module sections below
  - Cover, Contents, Acronyms, Glossary (PDF 712KB)
  - Executive Summary (PDF 1.2MB)
  - Chapter 1, The Columbia River Estuary and Plume (PDF 739KB)
  - Chapter 2, Salmonid Use of the Estuary and Plume (PDF 333KB)
  - Chapter 3, Limiting Factors (PDF 771KB)
  - Chapter 4, Threats to Salmonids (PDF 1MB)
  - Chapter 5, Management Actions (PDF 4MB)
  - Chapter 6, Monitoring, Research, and Evaluation (PDF 208KB)
  - Chapter 7, Perspectives on Implementation (PDF 393KB)
  - Chapter 8, References (PDF 369KB)
  - Appendix A, Selected Threats to Salmonids by Reach (PDF 2.2MB)
  - Appendix B, Development of Survival Improvement Targets (PDF 90KB)
• NOAA Fisheries response to comments received on proposed estuary module (PDF 213KB)
• Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership

 Call Joanna Donnor at 503-736–4721 or e-mail to request a CD of the proposed Estuary Module; include your name and mailing address.