Regional Technical Forum

Fish and Wildlife Committee – large conference room 9:30am

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Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment Process (PO,TG, JS) (45)
- Draft schedule and key steps
- History of Program amendments
- Administrative record requirements
Six High Priority Fish and Wildlife Goals for 2018 (TG) (30)
Results of “mechanistic” process identified cost savings (TG) (15)
Emerging Priorities (Staff)

Power Committee – small conference room – 9:00am

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Bonneville FY17 Oversupply Review, Pam Van Calcar, Supervisor, Short Term Planning, BPA (30)
Energy Efficiency and the Washington Energy Independence Act, Glenn Blackmon, Sr Energy Policy Specialist, WA Commerce, EO (30)
Updates to Irrigation Paper, TJ, JF (30)
Final Marginal Carbon Paper, JO (15)
Energy 2020 Contracts updates, MJ, SH (15)
DOE Hydropower Request for Information, DH (15)

Council Meeting – large and small conference rooms – 1:30pm

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	1:30 – 1:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs Committees: Guy Norman, chair, Fish and Wildlife Committee; Tim Baker, chair, Power Committee; and Bill Booth, chair, Public Affairs Committee.
1.	1:45 – 2:45pm	Remarks by Elliot Mainzer, Administrator and CEO, Bonneville Power Administration.
	2:45 – 3:00pm	Break
2.	3:00 – 3:30pm	Presentation by Chelan Public Utility District and Washington Department on Fish and Wildlife Upper Columbia Spring Chinook migration and passage: Alene Underwood and Lance Keller, Chelan County PUD; and Andrew Murdoch, WDFW.
3.	3:30 – 4:00pm	Presentation on Snohomish County Public Utility District Integrated Resource Plan (IRP): Anna Berg, Snohomish County PUD.

The Executive Committee and the Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, March 13

Continuation of Council meeting - large and small conference rooms – 9:00am

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4.	9 – 9:30am	Discussion of Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment issues and process: Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager.
5.	9:30 – 9:45am	Council decision on Project Review: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.Proposal #2017-005-00. Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative Columbia River Basin Projects
6.	9:45 – 10:15am	Update on use of story maps for fish and wildlife information: Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager, and Mark Fritsch.
	10:15 – 10:30am	Break
7.	10:30 – 11:30am	Briefing on Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead returns for 2017 and run forecasts for 2018: Dan Rawding, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Paul Kline Idaho Department of Fish and Game; and Brian Burke, NOAA NW Fisheries Science Center.
8.	11:30am	Council Business: Approval of minutes of February 2018 Council Meeting Approval of Fish and Wildlife Committee recommendations on the use of cost saving funds for FY 2019 and 2020 Future of fish and wildlife cost-savings activities Approval of final Marginal Carbon Paper Approval to release draft Irrigation Paper for public comment Approval of amendment to Energy 2020 Contract Approval of Regional Technical Forum PAC Co-Chair
		Public comment on any issue before the Council.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018 to Wednesday, March 14, 2018