Tuesday, November 17

Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting – 8:30am (PST) / 9:30am (MST) – Large and Small conference rooms

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  • Division director update: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Director
  • Discussion on Implementation of 2026 Fish and Wildlife Program and likely topics: Staff
    • Predator management
    • Preserving Program integrity

Council Meeting – 1pm (PST) / 2pm (MST) – Large and Small conference rooms

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  1 – 1:15pm Executive director report, Power Committee Meeting report, Fish and Wildlife Committee report, and state updates: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director; Member Margaret Hoffmann; Member Ed Shriever; Chair Mike Milburn; and Council Members
1. 1:15 – 5pm Ninth Power Plan Development and Comment Review: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning; Staff *break included

Wednesday, November 18

Council Meeting – 8:30am (PST) / 9:30am (MST) – Large and Small conference rooms

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2. 8:30 – 9:15am Bonneville Fish and Wildlife Program Start of Year budget update: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Director; Jason Sweet, Executive Manager, Fish and Wildlife Program, Rodrigo George, Manager, Business Operations Support, Fish and Wildlife, Ben Zelinksy, Acting Executive Vice President, Environment, Fish and Wildlife, BPA
1. (continued) 9:15 – 11:30am Ninth Power Plan Development and Comment Review continued: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning; Staff
3. 11:30am Council Business:
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