Owyhee subbasin plan

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The Owyhee Subbasin is a vast and remote area with few people and restricted water sources compared to most of the Columbia Basin. The Owyhee River system has always been the key factor for sustainability of people, fish, and wildlife in this region; and the subbasin supports a diversity of wildlife and plant species. It has been identified as a “Center of Biodiversity” and rated as having high ecological integrity by the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP; Quigely and Arbelbide 1997) and nationally recognized as an ecologically significant and unique environment. The purpose of the Owyhee Subbasin Plan is to provide a systematic evaluation of fish, wildlife, and habitat within the subbasin and to formulate a management plan for the subbasin based on best science and direct involvement of local stakeholders. In June 2003, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council designated the Owyhee Coordinating Team―consisting of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and the Owyhee Watershed Council―as the lead entity for the Owyhee Subbasin planning effort. The primary desired outcomes of this planning effort are a professional, comprehensive, and science-based fish and wildlife assessment/plan of the Owyhee Subbasin and a comprehensive, locally supported management plan for fish and wildlife resources within the Owyhee Subbasin.

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SWAP (2/19/16) citation (later replaced with URL to include all the plan documents):
[NPCC] Northwest Power and Conservation Council. 2004b. Owyhee subbasin plan. Portland (OR): NPCC, Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. [accessed 2016 Jan 12]. https://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/owyhee/plan