Tuesday, February 10

Council Meeting – 9am (PST) / 10am (MST) – Large and Small conference rooms

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  • The Council will meet at 8am in executive session to discuss personnel matters.
  9 – 9:15am Executive director report and state updates: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director; Chair Mike Milburn, and Council Members
1. 9:15 – 9:30am Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Program amendment update: Maureen Hess, Fish and Wildlife Program Scientist and Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Division Director
2. 9:30 – 10am Bonneville Environment, Fish and Wildlife Program update: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Division Director, Jason Sweet, Bonneville Power Administration
3. 10 – 11am Regional coordinator reports on invasive species efforts: Stacy Horton, Policy Analyst/Biologist, Jessica LaBelle, Washington Invasive Species Council, Russ Hartzell, Montana Invasive Species Council, Keith DeHart, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Blaine Parker, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Nic Zurfluh, Idaho State Department of Agriculture
  11 – 11:15am Break
4. 11:15am – 12:30pm Preparing for invasive freshwater mussels, assessing hydropower and hatchery infrastructure: Stacy Horton, Policy Analyst/Biologist, James Littley, Okanagan Basin Water Board, Justin Bush, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Michael Stephenson, Idaho Power Company
  12:30 – 2pm Lunch
5. 2 – 2:15pm Power Plan update: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning
6. 2:15 – 3:45pm Panel on supply side emerging technologies: Annika Roberts, Resource Policy Analyst, Ben Serrurier, Fervo, Justin Klure, PacWave, Tom Bugert, Helion
  3:45 – 4pm Break
7. 4 – 5:15pm Primer on scenario modeling results: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning, John Ollis, Manager of Planning and Analysis, Tomás Morrissey, Senior Power Analyst, and Jake Kennedy, Power System Analyst
8. 5:15pm Council business: Public comment on issues before the Council. Please sign up prior to the meeting to provide comment by emailing your name to meetingorganizer@nwcouncil.org.

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All meetings are recorded.