Remembering Bill Bradbury
- April 17, 2023
- Ann E. Gravatt
Bill Bradbury passed away on April 14 while traveling with his wife. He served as an Oregon Council member from 2010 to 2018, with a focus on fish and wildlife issues.
Category – Public affairs
Council Members Tour Energy and Habitat Projects
- October 24, 2022
- Carol Winkel
In Corvallis, Oregon, Council members toured habitat projects, plus two research facilities at Oregon State University: the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory and the NuScale Energy Exploration Center.
Interview with Executive Director Bill Edmonds Highlights Council and Its Work
- October 06, 2022
- Carol Winkel
Bill Edmonds joined Austin Jenkins on TVW’s Inside Olympia in September to talk about the Council, its unique role in regional energy planning and fish and wildlife protection.
Council Appoints Ann E. Gravatt as Communications and Public Affairs Director
- September 06, 2022
- Carol Winkel
“Ann brings a depth of experience, both as a communicator and as a liaison to local and federal government agencies, to the Council,” said Council Chair Guy Norman.
Council Response to Oregon Public Broadcasting Story on Hatcheries
- July 11, 2022
- John Harrison
OPB recently published an article on salmon hatcheries in the Columbia River Basin. See the Council's response.
Council Members Tour Projects During May 2022 Meeting in Whitefish, Montana
- May 25, 2022
- Carol Winkel
While in Whitefish, Montana for their May meeting, Council members toured Hungry Horse Dam, Flathead Electric Co-op’s biomass project, and Sekokini Springs Hatchery.
Draft 2021 Columbia River F&W Program Costs Report
- March 21, 2022
- Carol Winkel
On March 15, the Council approved this draft report for public comment through April 15.
Clean air, affordable power and environmental mitigation: Northwest Power Act turns 40
- December 16, 2020
Four decades ago, legislators and policymakers in the Pacific Northwest took a revolutionary leap of faith, writing a law that changed the direction of the region's energy future and made fish and wildlife co-equal with other purposes of hydropower dams in the Columbia River Basin.
Registration Opens For September International Columbia River Conference
- March 14, 2019
The conference in Kimberley, British Columbia, will address key issues including the Columbia River Treaty and climate change, and is being co-hosted by the Columbia Basin Trust and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.
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