Northwest Power Supply Should Be Adequate Through 2021
- June 09, 2017
- Carol Winkel
Supply should be adequate through 2020, but the region will need to add new capacity by 2021 to maintain adequacy.
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The Colville Tribes celebrate the arrival of the first salmon
- May 26, 2017
- Laura Robinson
On May 19 the Colville Tribes hosted their annual First Salmon Ceremony at the Chief Joseph Hatchery, where the ceremony has been held since 2013.
U.S. Court Of Appeals rules for the Council in lawsuit over the 2014 Fish and Wildlife Program
- May 23, 2017
- John Harrison
On July 19, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum opinion rejecting all arguments made by petitioner Northwest Resource Information Center (NRIC) against the Council's decision to approve the 2014 Columbia
Efficiency Exchange 2017 Recap
- May 23, 2017
- Carol Winkel
Hear what people are doing to advance energy efficiency in the Pacific Northwest.
Wet Winter
- May 17, 2017
- John Harrison
Winter and spring were wet and snowy in the Northwest, and there's still plenty of snow to melt, weather experts say.
Efficiency Exchange Conference Highlights Energy Efficiency in a Changing Environment
- May 08, 2017
- Carol Winkel
The Bonneville Power Administration and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, in partnership with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and utilities throughout the Northwest are hosting the fifth annual Efficiency Exchange conference.
Can Electric Cars and Buses Help Power the Northwest’s Economy?
- April 19, 2017
- Carol Winkel
At the Council’s April meeting, Massoud Jourabchi, manager of economic analysis, and Steve Simmons, senior economic analyst, reported on the electrification of public transit and school buses. The presentation followed up on an earlier analysis on the impact of electric
Protecting Cold Water Refuges
- April 18, 2017
- John Harrison
Cold-water habitat will be critical for fish in a warming world; finding and protecting those places now is a priority.
To Help Fish, You Need to Know Where They Are
- April 17, 2017
- Mark Walker
At the Council’s April meeting, research fisheries biologists Michael Young and Dan Isaak from the USDA Forest Service shared first-year results from an environmental DNA inventory of bull trout, the target of the most extensive effort to date to map
Fish Head Bounty
- March 24, 2017
- John Harrison
Northern pike, a voracious predator, are continuing to invade Lake Roosevelt, imperiling other fish species. There is a $10 per fish bounty to get them out of the lake.
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