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Members (Members)

     

The Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Authority Members or full Authority shall meet no less than twice annually to review the Status of the Resources, to approve the Annual Work Plan, and appoint officers. The current Chair is Nathan Small and alternate is Tino Batt of Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall, and the Vice-chair role is Jim Unsworth of the Idaho Department of Fish & Game. A Members Meeting quorum shall consist of one Federal Agency Authority Member, one State Agency Authority Member, and three Tribal Authority Members, one each who is a member of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and the Upper Snake River Tribes, and one who is either a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation or the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. All Members meetings shall include time for public comment. Closed meetings (executive sessions) may be called as necessary to discuss sensitive issues with final action to take place in open session.

MEMBERS CHARTER: Charter for the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority’s Members

The Authority is comprised of the following tribes and government agencies:

Tribes
Burns Paiute Tribe
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation { Main Site | Fisheries }
Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of Nevada and Oregon
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley
 
Federal
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
 
State
Idaho Fish & Game
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks