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Washington Salmon Recovery Strategy Update

June 18, 2020
John Harrison

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The strategy, adopted in 1999, is being updated to reflect contemporary issues including climate change, predation impacts, water pollution and culverts.

Cold-water Safe Havens for Fish

June 18, 2020
John Harrison

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A plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identifies cold-water refuges in Columbia River tributaries where adult salmon and steelhead can rest as they migrate from the ocean.

Assessing Future Energy Efficiency

May 21, 2020
Carol Winkel

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At its May meeting, power division staff presented an assessment of the region’s energy efficiency potential that will be used in the 2021 Power Plan’s resource optimization and scenario analysis.

Update on Annual Greenhouse Emissions From the Power Sector

May 20, 2020
Annika Roberts

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Annual carbon emissions from electricity generation in the Northwest have remained mostly flat over the last three years. With three average hydro years in a row, the region has been able to rely on steady, low-carbon energy from hydro, supplemented with primarily natural gas, as well as some coal, wind, and energy efficiency.

Regional Technical Forum 2019 Annual Report

May 20, 2020
Carol Winkel

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The RTF Annual Report was presented at the Council’s May meeting, highlighting the ongoing work to verify energy savings in the Northwest, as well as some new areas to be analyzed.

Draft 2020 Addendum to the Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program

May 18, 2020
John Harrison

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The geographic scope of the Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program is vast, from the Pacific Ocean to the mountains and plains of eastern Washington, northern and northeastern Oregon, most of Idaho, and a portion of western Montana.

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

May 18, 2020
John Harrison

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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.

Avian Predation: A River System Out Of Balance

May 18, 2020
John Harrison

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For one steelhead species, the impact is significant, but overall the amount of predation has declined over recent years, a hopeful sign, researchers say.

Biologists Report: Sturgeon Are Doing Well Below The Dalles And Bonneville Dams, Not So Well Farther Upriver

May 14, 2020
John Harrison

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Sturgeon populations are sampled regularly below McNary Dam, but a lack of funding hinders efforts to improve knowledge of the species above McNary and in the lower Snake River.

Comment on proposed Council budget

May 13, 2020

The Council is seeking comments through June 30 on the proposed Council budget for Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2021 Revised.

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