Environment, Fish & Wildlife

BPA’s Environment, Fish and Wildlife Program mitigates for the effects of the federal hydropower and transmission systems, prevents environmental impacts, and provides compliance with a host of environmental laws.

Environment, Fish and Wildlife works toward these goals:

  • Developing policies and strategies for meeting BPA’s environmental, fish and wildlife, and cultural resource responsibilities through cost-effective solutions.
  • Ensuring all BPA business functions comply with established environmental laws, rules and legal mandates in a collaborative and cost-effective manner.
  • Carrying out regional coordination of agency environmental activities through collaborative relationships with other federal agencies; American Indian tribes; the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, BPA customers; state and local governments; congressional delegations and committees; natural resource groups; and the public.

Fish & Wildlife

Learn more about the funding, programs and relationships that support fish and wildlife. 

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Cultural Resources

Learn how BPA protects and preserves cultural resources, prehistoric and historic resources and traditional cultural properties. 

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Pollution Prevention

Learn how BPA prevents pollution from the operation and maintenance of BPA's transmission system.

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