Today the Northwest Power and Conservation Council members appointed by the Governors of the four Northwest states unanimously approved the Council’s Seventh Power Plan after conducting a 60-day public comment period (see blog post, 7th Plan page, and audio transcript).
This week the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) honored winners of its 2015 Leadership in Energy Efficiency Awards, including the Council’s Director of Power Planning Tom Eckman.
Elliot Mainzer, administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, the region’s largest electricity wholesaler and the agency that directs millions of dollars annually to improve energy efficiency in the Northwest and boost fish and wildlife survival in the Columbia River Basin,
The campaign to halt the proliferation of Northern pike in Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam, is intensifying, state and tribal fish biologists reported to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council in November.
As the climate warms and polar ice continues to melt, sea levels will rise and estuary shorelines, including those along the lower Columbia River, will be inundated. Whether that’s a little or a lot is a matter of speculation, of
While white sturgeon populations in the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam are stable, they're also targeted by the growing sea lion population and their spawning can be affected by dam operations upstream.
