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    The Council works to protect and enhance fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin. Its Fish & Wildlife Program guides project funding by the Bonneville Power Administration.

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  1. Construction Projects To Improve Fish Survival Are Winding Down At Corps Of Engineers Dams

    May 18, 2020 John Harrison
    The Corps will transition from construction projects in response to direction in the 2008 Biological Opinion to a focus on operations and maintenance, a Corps biologist says.

  2. Demand Response Potential

    Mar 19, 2020 Carol Winkel
    Demand response is the voluntary and temporary reduction in consumers' electricity use when the power system is stressed, and it's one of the ways the region can meet its peak electricity loads.

  3. Washington's Orca Task Force Recommends Protections For A Declining Species

    Oct 23, 2019 John Harrison
    The Southern Resident orca population in Puget Sound, part of an iconic species that is as much a symbol of the Pacific Northwest as salmon, is in trouble, and while their problems are simply stated, solutions will be difficult.

  4. Energy Efficiency Potential for Northwest Cannabis Growers

    Jun 5, 2018 Carol Winkel
    As more cannabis is grown outdoors, less energy is used. Using more energy-efficient lighting, HVAC systems, and better-designed facilities will increase energy savings.

  5. Flat Loads

    Dec 20, 2016 John Harrison
    For Northwest utilities, income from power sales and the rates charged per kilowatt-hour grew by more than 3 percent per year over the last 10 years, but customer bills grew just 1 percent per year thanks largely to warm weather and energy efficiency, both of which reduce demand for power.

  6. Demand Response Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting

    Dec 19, 2016 Carol Winkel
    Demand response resources are the least-cost solution for providing new peaking capacity and could save the region billions of dollars

  7. Moving Fish Over High Dams

    Nov 16, 2016 John Harrison
    In response to a strategy in the Council's 2014 Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, a paper by the Council's staff reviews ways that fish are moved past tall or "high head" dams. The paper uses examples of fish passage at dams in the Northwest and elsewhere.

  8. Demand Response: Revamping an Old Idea for a More Efficient Northwest Grid

    Oct 4, 2016 Tina Jayaweera
    The utility industry, including within the Pacific Northwest, has a long history of using demand response to reduce electricity use when the grid is stressed. Now it can also be used to help the grid when wind and solar produce too much power.

  9. Demand Response Symposium Plans to Build on Its Success

    Oct 4, 2016 Carol Winkel
    The Northwest's demand response symposium was the first step toward meeting the Council's goal of developing at least 600 megawatts of DR. But it's just the beginning.

  10. Smart Grid NW Hosts Symposium on Demand Response

    Sep 20, 2016 Carol Winkel
    Demand response, the voluntary and temporary reduction in consumers’ use of electricity when the power system is stressed, is the least-cost solution for new peaking capacity. An upcoming symposium is bringing people together to make this solution a reality.

  11. Record Snake River Fall Chinook Egg Nests, Again

    Feb 29, 2016 John Harrison
    In 2015, for the third year in a row, the number of Snake River fall Chinook salmon redds set a record, CRITFC reported this month

  12. Survey: Washington Cannabis Growers Would Like Help with Energy Efficiency

    Aug 17, 2015 John Harrison
    Cannabis growers in Washington surveyed by the Council this year say they are interested in learning more about how to use electricity more efficiently. However, while they are

  13. Big Potential for Energy Savings from Indoor Marijuana Cultivation

    Sep 15, 2014 John Harrison
    Growing marijuana indoors, now legal in Washington state, is an emerging use of electricity in the Pacific Northwest that could grow to the equivalent of a small city over the n

  14. Snake River fall Chinook make an impressive comeback

    May 9, 2014 John Harrison
    Snake River fall Chinook salmon are making an amazing resurgence. The return of adult fish from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho rivers in 2013 was 75,846 fish. Of these, 20,222 were

  15. Issues For Next Fish And Wildlife Program Include Dams, Hatcheries, Invasive Species

    Dec 18, 2013 John Harrison
    On the Kootenay River, the second powerhouse at Brilliant Dam, left, was built to accommodate a fish ladder. The dam is near the confluence with the Columbia at Castlegar, Brit

  16. 2013: A record year for fall Chinook

    Sep 27, 2013 John Harrison
         Historic fall Chinook run returns to Columbia River             Fall Chinook salmon are returning to the Columbia River this year and crossi

  17. Sorting Out the Effects of Dams and the Ocean on Salmon Survival

    Sep 27, 2013 Carol Winkel
    David Welch, Kitama Research Services, presented the findings of a paper he coauthored on dam passage and salmon survival. The research, which used acoustic tags, compared the

  18. Fall Chinook salmon run is historic

    Sep 23, 2013 John Harrison
    Salmon crowd the fish ladder on the Washington side of Bonneville Dam, Sept. 21, 2013 Fall Chinook salmon are returning to the Columbia River this year and crossing Bonneville

  19. Research suggests invasive freshwater mussels Could take hold in the Columbia River Basin

    Feb 13, 2013 John Harrison
    In a presentation to the Council today, Portland State University researchers who have been studying the potential for freshwater mussels to take hold in the Columbia River Basin say water chemistry a

  20. Idaho Decontamination System Aims to Prevent Spread of Invasive Mussels

    Mar 30, 2011 Carol Winkel
    The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation unveiled the first-of-its-kind boat wash decontamination system in a recent demonstration at the Boise, Idaho of

  21. Interest grows in future dam operations as Columbia River Treaty deadline approaches

    Nov 10, 2010 John Harrison
    Electric utilities, academics, tribes, and government agencies in the United States and Canada are beginning to think about the future of the Columbia River Treaty, the 1964 agreement between the two
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