Fish Passage Center Oversight Board meeting
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Committee meeting

Technical Committee

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 to Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Tuesday, January 10

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - Large conference room

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  • Update on Bonneville capital budget adjustments (updated 1/10)
  • Overview of shad and other related USGS projects (JR, updated 1/10)
  • Follow-up Actions to Prevent the Spread of Invasive Mussels in the Columbia River Basin
  • Project Reviews (MF)
    • Accord Project 2008-301-00, Habitat Restoration Planning, Design and Implementation within the boundaries of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, lower Deschutes River, Oregon. 
    • Quarterly Project: Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation
  • Planning for Science and Policy discussions (TG)
    • Habitat
    • Supplementation
    • Predation
    • ISAB reports
    • Research Plan
  • Update on the Fish Tagging Forum

Power Committee - 8:30am - Small conference room

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Council Meeting - 1:30pm - Large and small conference rooms

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1:30 - 1:45pm

Reports from committee chairs:  Bill Booth, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Rhonda Whiting, chair, public affairs committee.

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1:45 - 2pm

Council decision on Project Reviews: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation
Accord Project 2008-207-00, Umatilla Tribe Ceded Area Stream Corridor Conservation & Protection

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2 - 2:45pm

Presentation by Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) on Retrospective Report 2011:  Rich Alldredge, Chair, ISRP; Tom Poe; Pete Bisson; Greg Ruggerone; and Eric Loudenslager (by phone). Links updated 1/10.

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2:45 - 3:30pm

Briefing on supplementation with ISRP members, NOAA hatchery staff, tribal and state fish managers and others:  Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division.

 

3:30 - 3:45pm

Break

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3:45 - 4:15pm

Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Plan and Proposals for the Willamette Subbasin:  Rich Alldredge, Bob Bilby, and Greg Ruggerone, ISRP members (updated 1/10)

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4:15  - 4:30pm

Council decision on release of direct use of gas paper for public comment: Terry Morlan, director, power division; and Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager.

The Executive Committee will meet in executive session on 
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 8 a.m. to discuss internal personnel matters; 
The Public Affairs Committee will meet at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11

Wednesday, January 11

Continuation of Council Meeting - 9am

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9 - 9:30am

Presentation on Washington’s Energy Strategy:  Howard Schwartz, Sr. Energy Policy Specialist, Washington Council office; and  Tony Usibelli, Director, State Energy Office, Washington Department of Commerce  (updated 1/10)

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9:30 - 10am

Update on Bonneville’s Technology Innovation Initiative: Terry Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration (updated 1/9)

 

10 - 10:15am

Break

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10:15 - 10:45am

Presentation on Bonneville’s capital budget and proposed scenarios:  Don Carbonari, Bonneville Power Administration  (updated 1/23)

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10:45 - 11:15am

Briefing on the Fish Tagging Forum: Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; and Therese Hampton, Chair, Fish Tagging Forum.

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11:15am

Council Business

The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change.

Public comment will be taken on each issue as time allows.