Council Meeting

8:30am

Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair: Bill Booth chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Rhonda Whiting, chair, public affairs committee.

8:40am

Council decision on project reviews:

• Bi-Op Project
  • Project #2008-719-00, Research Non-Indigenous Actions
  • Fast Track Follow Up:
    Project #2010-033-00, Estimate the Relative Reproductive Success of Hatchery and Natural Origin Steelhead in the Methow River Basin
• Accord Project
  • Project #2008-508-00, Power Analysis Catch Sampling Rates

2.

8:50am

Council decision on guidance to the ISRP on policies that should be considered during the RM&E and AP categorical review: Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; and Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager.

3.

9:15am

Update from BPA on contract implementation of wildlife categorical review recommendations:  Bill Maslen, Bonneville Power Administration.

4.

9:45am

Update on Wildlife Crediting Forum: Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish.

10:15am

Break

5.

10:30am

Presentation from Action Agencies Implementation Plan for the FCRPS:  Kate Puckett, Manager, Columbia/Snake River Salmon Recovery Office, Bureau of Reclamation; Jamae Hilliard Creecy, Fish and Wildlife Policy and Planning Manager, Bonneville Power Administration; and Rock Peters, Fish Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

6.

11:00am

Washington update on Selective Fishery Implementation: Alternative Gears and Barbless Hooks:  Bill Tweit, Columbia River/Distant Waters Policy Lead, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

7.

11:15am - 11:40am

Briefing on RTF recommendations from NEET:  Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager; and Charlie Grist, senior analyst.

8.

1:00pm

IEAB Mussel report:  Noelwah Netusil, Professor of Economics, Reed College.
>> see final report (1.4mb PDF)

9.

1:30pm

Update on transmission development:  Wally Gibson, manager, system analysis and generation.

10.

2:00pm

Council Business:

• Membership renewals and appointments (90k PDF) of ISRP ISAB members
• Adoption of 2012 and revised 2011 Council budget
• Approval of the Council’s Annual Report to the Governors on fish and wildlife spending
• Approval of Fish Passage Center Oversight Board member
• Approval of minutes