Council Meeting

May 16 - 17, 2023
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Convention Center
Wenatchee,
WA

► This meeting was video recorded. See video links below for each agenda item.

Monday, May 15

Council members will be on a tour Monday afternoon.

Tuesday, May 16

Power Committee – 8:30 am (PDT) / 9:30 am (MDT) – Orchard Exhibit South Meeting Room and Virtual

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Fish and Wildlife Committee – 1:30 pm (PDT) / 2:30 pm (MDT) – Orchard Exhibit South Meeting Room and Virtual

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  • Asset Management Strategic Plan priorities for FY2024 for hatcheries and screens: Jason Sweet, Andy Traylor, Eric Leitzinger, Bonneville Power Administration and Mark Fritsch (► Video)
  • Update on Prosser Hatchery: Michael Fiander, Joe Blodgett, Charlie Strom, Yakama Nation Fisheries and Andy Traylor, Bonneville Power Administration (MF) (► Video)
  • Trials and Tribulations: 25 years of Coho Reintroduction in the Methow and Wenatchee Basins: Jeff Caisman and Cory Kamphaus, Yakama Nation Fisheries (SH) (► Video)
  • Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Program (OBMEP): Learning from Monitoring: John Arterburn, Brian Miller and Ryan Klett, Confederated Tribes of the Colville (SH) (► Video)
  • Update on Concepts for the next Project Review (MH, MF) (► Video)

Wednesday, May 17

Council Meeting – 8:30 am (PDT) / 9:30 am (MDT) – Orchard Exhibit South Meeting Room and Virtual

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  8:30 - 8:45 am
(► Video)		 Reports from Committee Chairs and Executive Director: Mike Milburn, Chair, Fish and Wildlife Committee; Doug Grob, Chair, Power Committee; and Bill Edmonds, Executive Director.
1. 8:45 - 9:30 am
(► Video)		 Program Performance: Overview of Approach and Description of Program Retrospective: Kris Homel, Biologist for Program Performance; Leslie Bach, Senior Program Manager and Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Division Director.
  9:30 - 9:45 am Break
2. 9:45 - 10:30 am
(► Video)		 WA House of Representatives Member Joe Fitzgibbon on Energy and Climate Policy Developments.
3. 10:30 - 11:15 am
(► Video)		 PNUCC Northwest Regional Forecast: Crystal Ball, Executive Director; Aliza Seelig, Analytics and Policy Director, PNUCC and Gillian Charles, Principal, Red Kite Consulting.
  11:15 am - 1 pm Lunch
4. 1 - 1:45 pm
(► Video)		 Comments from Steve Wright on Resource Adequacy.
5. 1:45 - 2:15 pm
(► Video)		 Update on Upper Columbia Programmatic Habitat Project (#2010-001-00): Sarah Walker, Natural Resource Program Manager and Tracy Bowerman, Science Manager, Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board.
6. 2:15 - 2:45 pm
(► Video)		 Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Protection Program: Tom Dresser, Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington.
  2:45 - 3 pm Break
7. 3 - 3:30 pm
(► Video)		 Icicle Creek Workgroup: Tom Tebb, Washington State Department of Ecology; Mike Kaputa, Chelan County Natural Resources; Brock Hoenes, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Greg McLaughlin, Washington Water Trust; David Child, US Bureau of Reclamation and Chuck Brushwood, Colville Confederated Tribes.
8. 3:30 pm
(► Video)		 Council Business:
   

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