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    The Council works to protect and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin. Its Fish & Wildlife Program guides project funding by the Bonneville Power Administration.

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    • Nov 2018 Thu 29
      1:00 pm—2:00 pm Executive Session conference call
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      9:30 am—12:30 pm RAAC Technical and SAAC Combined Meeting
    • Dec 2018 Wed 05
      RTF Policy Advisory Committee Webinar
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      9:00 am—4:00 pm Ocean and Plume Science and Management (Ocean Forum)
    • Dec 2018 Tue 11
      Council Meeting 8:00 am—3:30 pm Council Meeting
    • Dec 2018 Thu 13
      9:30 am—3:45 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee Meeting
    • Jan 2019 Tue Wed 15 - 16
      Council Meeting
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      9:30 am—3:00 pm Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
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      12:30 pm—5:30 pm Regional Coordination Forum
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      Council Meeting
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      9:00 am—3:00 pm Demand Forecast Advisory Committee
    • Feb 2019 Thu 21
      9:30 am—3:00 pm Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting 10:30 am—12:00 pm 2021 Northwest Power Plan Kickoff Webinar
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      Mainstem/Program Support Presentations
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      10:00 am—3:30 pm Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee - Technical Committee
    • Mar 2019 Wed 06
      9:00 am—3:00 pm RTF Policy Adivsory Committee Meeting 9:30 am—3:30 pm Demand Response Advisory Committee
    • Mar 2019 Tue Wed 12 - 13
      Council Meeting
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      9:00 pm—12:00 pm Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee - Steering Committee
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      9:30 am—3:30 pm Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
    • Apr 2019 Tue Wed 09 - 10
      Council Meeting
    • May 2019 Tue Wed 07 - 08
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    • May 2019 Fri 31
      9:00 am—3:00 pm RTF Policy Advisory Committee
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Decision documents and conclusions

  • Council decision letter to Bonneville on the recommendations on operational losses and on regional Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP)
  • Decision document from November 2015 Council Meeting
  • WAC conclusions and recommendations from November 2015
  • Comments on draft WAC conclusions and recommendations from October 2015:
    • Upper Columbia United Tribes
    • Bonneville Power Administration
    • Kootenai Tribe and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (regarding attachment)
    • Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Background

In the 2009 Fish and Wildlife Program, the Council called for the initiation of a Wildlife Mitigation Advisory Committee to:

  1. Recommend a commonly accepted ledger of habitat units acquired
  2. Recommend to the Council ways to resolve issues about accounting for habitat units
  3. Develop a common data base for tracking, assigning and recording habitat units

In addition, “[a]s part of the Advisory Committee, the Council will work with Bonneville and the managers to develop a comprehensive agreement on the proper crediting method for construction and inundation losses or strategies that will allow parties to reach long-term settlement agreements. Once completed, the Council will consider adopting the comprehensive agreement into the Program.” To carry out that work the Council chartered the Wildlife Crediting Forum (WCF). The WCF completed its work and made its recommendations to the Council in 2009. However, the WCF did not address the future needs for monitoring evaluation efforts and future need for Regional Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) Teams.

At the November, 2012 monthly meeting the Council made several decisions regarding processes and activities that were reviewed through the Council’s Program Evaluation and Recommendation Committee. At that time the Council directed the staff to take the several actions with regard to the Habitat Evaluation Procedures Process, including the reconvening of the Wildlife Crediting Forum (WCF) to address needs and future plans for HEP. At its February 2013 monthly meeting the Council accepted the recommendations of from that process and directed the establishment of the Wildlife Advisory Committee (WAC) to facilitate discussions between resource managers, BPA, the Council, and other interested parties to plan the future for Regional HEP Team needs and to make recommendations and guide the Regional HEP Team into the future where work on operational losses will create a need for employment of new methods and technologies.

For more information view WAC Charter, plus October 2015 charter renewal.

Contact Mark Fritsch at 503-222-5161 for information.

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Meetings

Recent and Upcoming Meetings

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  • May 2014 Wed 28
    HEP Subcommittee Meeting
  • Jun 2014 Thu 12
    Wildlife Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Jul 2014 Wed 09
    HEP Subcommittee Meeting
  • Aug 2014 Tue 19
    Wildlife Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Oct 2014 Wed 08
    Wildlife Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Dec 2014 Wed 10
    Wildlife Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Jan 2015 Thu 15
    Wildlife Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Feb 2015 Thu 12
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • Mar 2015 Thu 12
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • Apr 2015 Thu 09
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • May 2015 Thu 07
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • Jun 2015 Thu 11
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • Jul 2015 Thu 16
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • Aug 2015 Wed 12
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • Sep 2015 Wed 16
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
  • Oct 2015 Thu 15
    Wildlife Advisory Committee
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