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Monday, April 13

Fish and Wildlife – 10am - 4:30pm (PDT) 

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  • Next Program Addendum Part 1 Workshop — Review and discuss revised Part 1:  Goals, Objectives and Indicators

April 14-15: Committee Meetings and Council Meeting

Tuesday, April 14

Power Committee – 9am (PDT) via Webinar

Power Committee Members and presenters will receive an email with a separate registration link.

General ATTENDEES should use the following link and must register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6258951655505178638 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

PLEASE NOTE – this is a new process from previous months. Contact Chad Madron with any questions.

Fish and Wildlife Committee – 8:30am (PDT)

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  • Fish and Wildlife Program amendment: Update on collaborative work on Part I of the Program amendment addendum (60) LB, Staff)
  • Briefing on recent ocean observations and outlooks for salmon returns: Brian Burke, Research Fishery Biologist, NOAA, NW Fisheries Science Center. (30) MF
  • Briefing on Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead returns for 2019 and run forecasts for 2020:  Bill Tweit, Special Assistant, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Art Martin, Columbia River Coordination Section Manager, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Chris Kozfkay, Natural Resource Program Coordinator, Idaho Department of Fish and Game. (60) MF
  • Update on Resident Fish and Sturgeon Review (15) MF 
  • Update on Cost Savings allocation options (15) PO, MF)

Council Meeting – 1pm (PDT)

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1 – 1:15pmReports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Guy Norman, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Pat Oshie, chair, power committee; and Jeffery Allen, chair, public affairs committee.
11:15 – 1:45pmWestern Flexibility Assessment: Thomas Carr, Staff Attorney and Economist, Western Interstate Energy Board.
21:45 – 2:30pmUpdate on BPA energy Efficiency Action Plan: Joel Cook, Senior Vice President of Power Services; Jamae Hilliard Creecy, Acting Vice President of Energy Efficiency; Danielle Walker, Energy Efficiency and Evaluation Manager; and Jessica Aiona, Industry Economist.
32:30 – 3:30pmStates’ panel on Incident Command Response (ICR) for invasive species: Stephen Phillips, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission; Allen Pleus and Captain Eric Anderson, WDFW; Rick Boatner, ODFW; Thomas Woolf, Montana; Lloyd Knight and/or Nicholas Zurfluh, Idaho.

Wednesday, April 15

Continuation of Council Meeting – 9am (PDT)

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49 – 9:30amUpdate on the Marine Mammal Protection Act Section 120(f) Permit Application: Robert Anderson, NOAA.
59:30 – 10amUpdate on historical regional greenhouse gas emissions, Gillian Charles, energy policy analyst.
 10 – 10:15amBreak
610:15 – 11amBriefing on the analytical process for the 2021 Power Plan, Part 4: Ben Kujala, director, power division.
711am – NoonBackground presentation on Bonneville’s statutory responsibilities with regard to power sales and resource acquisitions: Tim Johnson, General Counsel’s office, BPA; and John Shurts, general counsel.
8Noon – 12:15pmDiscussion of Columbia River System Operations Draft Environmental Impact Statement: John Shurts; Patty O’Toole, director, fish and wildlife division; and Ben Kujala.
912:15pm

Council Business:

  • Approval of March 2020 Council Meeting minutes
  • PSR contract for computing support (Amazon web services and technical support)
  

Public comment on any issue before the Council

Note:  Please sign up prior to the Council Meeting to provide comment by sending an email to the Council at Info@NWCouncil.org with your name and the phone number you will be using to call into the meeting. 

The Executive Committee will meet in closed session to discuss Council budget development and personnel matters on Thursday, April 16 at 10:30am PDT.