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Lower Snake River Compensation Plan

Program Information

Popular name

LSRCP

Program Number

15.661

Program objective

To mitigate for the losses of fish and wildlife caused by the construction of four hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    The program anticipates receiving 11 applications and issuing 11 awards to accomplish the same activities in FY16. Fish hatcheries released fish into the Snake River Basin, Recreational, tribal or commercial fisherman harvest tracking to confirm if they are returning adult salmon and steelhead releases from LSRCP hatcheries in Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, the Columbia River and Snake River. Rainbow trout produced by LSRCP hatcheries to be harvested in lakes, rivers and ponds in Idaho and Washington.

  2. 2018

    The program received 11 applications and issued 11 awards.

  3. 2019

    The program received 11 applications and issued 11 awards.

  4. 2020

    The program received 11 applications and issued 11 awards.

  5. 2021

    Fiscal Year 2021: Received 8 applications and issued 8 awards.

  6. 2022

    Program issued (8) directed cooperative agreements.

  7. 2023

    Program issued (7) directed continuation cooperative agreements.

  8. 2024

    Program expects to add annual incremental funding to the (7) FY23 cooperative agreements.

  9. 2025

    Program expects to add annual incremental funding to the (7) FY23 cooperative agreements.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The program is operated under the authority of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976. Reports and publications are published on the web at http://www.fws.gov/lsnakecomplan.

  1. Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. §757a), Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act—Cooperation of agencies (16 U.S.C. §661), Water Resources Development Act-Lower Snake River Fish and Wildlife Compensation Plan (Pub. L. 94-587, 90 STAT. 2921, §102).