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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda
February 9-10, 2010
Council Central offices
851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon (map)
503-222-5161 fax 820-2370
Tuesday, February 9
Fish and Wildlife Committee – small conference room – 8:30am
- Discussion on Hatchery Scientific Review Group Recommendations (HSRG) (Peter Paquet)
- Briefing on integrating hatchery issues from NOAA’s perspective (Rob Jones)
- Update on RM&E/Artificial Production Category Review and Fast-track proposals (Lynn Palensky)
- Update for the development of action plans (Patty O'Toole)
- Briefing on status of regional PIT-tag coordination effort (follow-up from ISAB’s tagging report recommendation) (Jim Ruff)
- Project Reviews (Mark Fritsch)
- Quarterly Review: Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation
- Accord Projects: Project #2009-003-00, Columbia Cascade Province MOA Habitat Projects
- Update on Wildlife Crediting Forum (Peter Paquet)
Power Committee – large conference room – 8:30am
- Discussion of issues remaining on the Draft Sixth Power Plan
Council Meeting – large and small conference rooms – 1:30pm
| 1:30 – 1:45pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Rhonda Whiting, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Melinda Eden, chair, power committee; and Dick Wallace, chair, public affairs committee. | ||
| 1. | 1:45 – 2:30pm | Panel discussion of federal agencies’ quagga and zebra mussel actions: Jim Clune, acting manager of federal hydro projects, Bonneville; Scott Lund, Integrated pest management coordinator, BOR; Robert Willis, Environmental Team leader for the Northwestern Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Scott Rumsey, Regional RM&E Coordinator for NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. | download 500k PDF updated 2/21 |
| 2. | 2:30 – 4pm | Update and discussion on issues for the Draft Sixth Power Plan: Terry Morlan, director, power division. | download 410k PDF |
| 3. | 4pm | Council business Adoption of minutes |
Wednesday, February 10 – Continuation of Council Meeting – 9am
| 4. | 9 – 9:15am | Council decision on Project Reviews:
Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.
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| 5. | 9:15 – 9:45am | Presentation on the Cowlitz Tribe and upcoming smelt ESA listing decision: Taylor Aalvik, Cowlitz Tribe Director of Natural Resources, and Nathan Reynolds, Tribal Ecologist, will discuss ecosystem, fish and wildlife issues important to the Cowlitz Tribe. They will also discuss the importance of pacific Smelt to the Cowlitz Tribe, which led them to petition NOAA-Fisheries to list smelt as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. That listing decision is scheduled to be announced in March of 2010. |
| 6. | 9:45 – 10:15am |
Briefing on upcoming changes within the CBFWA organization: Rob Walton, Chair; and Brian Lipscomb, Executive Director, CBFWA |
| 10 – 10:30am | Break | |
| 7. | 10:30am | Council Decision on adoption of the Sixth Power Plan: Terry Morlan. |
The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change. Public comment will be taken after each agenda item as time allows.
Last updated: 2/10/2010 9am