Council Meeting

December 12 - 13, 2023
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(Webinar)

► This meeting was video recorded. See video links below for each agenda item.

Tuesday, December 12

Power Committee – 8:30am (PST) / 9:30am (MST)

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Fish and Wildlife Committee – 1pm (PST) / 2pm (MST)

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  • Fish and Wildlife Division Update and Planning (PO) (► Video)
  • Bonneville Fiscal Year 2024, Start of Year Fish and Wildlife Budget Update (PO) (► Video)
  • Update on the Fish Passage Center Data Management Projects (KH) (► Video)
  • Continued Discussion on the Implementation of the Fish and Wildlife Program (MF) (► Video)

The Council will meet in executive session to discuss matters pertaining to civil litigation Tuesday, December 12th, at 3:30 p.m. (PST).

Wednesday, December 13

Council Meeting – 9am (PST) / 10am (MST)

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  9 – 9:15am
 (► Video)		 Reports from Committee Chairs and Executive Director: Mike Milburn, Chair, Fish and Wildlife Committee; Doug Grob, Chair, Power Committee and Bill Edmonds, Executive Director.
1. 9:15 – 10:45am
 (► Video)		 Overview of Pacific Ocean and Columbia River Harvest Management: Ed Farley, Program Manager, Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program, Alaska Fisheries Science Center; Tony Siniscal, Fisheries Biologist, Anadromous Harvest Management Branch of the NOAA Fisheries Sustainable Fisheries Division; Kyle Adicks, Intergovernmental Salmon Manager, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Mike Matylewich, Fisheries Management Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
  10:45 – 11am Break
2. 11am – Noon
 (► Video)		 Update on technical service contract Project #2017-002-00, Analysis of Spatial Stream Networks for Salmonids: Dan Isaak, U.S. Forest Service and Jody Lando, Bonneville Power Administration.
3. Noon
 (► Video)		 Council Business:  Council approval for the summary of the November 2023 Council Meeting
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