Council Meeting

July 15 - 16, 2025
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Portland

Tuesday, July 15

Council Meeting and Council Work Session – 8:30am (PDT) / 9:30am (MDT) – Large and Small conference rooms

General ATTENDEES should use this link to register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Contact CouncilIT@nwcouncil.org with any technical questions.

  8:30 – 8:45am Introduction of Executive Director and Executive Director Report: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director.
1. 8:45 – 9am Power Plan Update: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning.

2. Council Work Session
Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment
9am – Noon and 1:30 – 3:30pm

  • Amendment process check-in: Patty O’Toole
  • Continued review of recommendations: (Staff)
  • Overview of comments on the recommendations: (Staff)
  • Begin identifying issues: (Staff)
  • Break for public comment on program and power plan topics at 1:30pm (PDT) / 2:30pm (MDT)
  • Resume work session discussion items: (Staff)
Includes breaks and lunch (noon – 1:30)

Wednesday, July 16

Council Meeting cont’d – 9am (PDT) / 10am (MDT) – Large and Small conference rooms

General ATTENDEES should use this link to register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Contact CouncilIT@nwcouncil.org with any technical questions.

3. 9 – 9:45am Presentation by Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) on Habitat Retrospective Report: Kurt Fresh, Kurt Fausch, Rich Carmichael and Stan Gregory.
4. 9:45 – 10:30am The Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee (PNUCC) Northwest Regional Forecast: Crystal Ball and Aliza Seelig, PNUCC and Gillian Charles, Red Kite Consulting.
  10:30 – 10:45am Break
5. 10:45 – 11:15am Update on Project Review: Mark Fritsch, Project Review and Implementation Manager and Maureen Hess, Fish and Wildlife Program Scientist.  
6. 11:15am Council Business:
    Public comment on any issues before the Council. Please sign up prior to the meeting to provide comment by emailing your name to meetingorganizer@nwcouncil.org Any person participating in the meeting should review and abide by the Code of Conduct expected of all who participate in the Council’s public forums. All meetings are recorded.

Executive Session (tentative) – Closed Session – following public comment

  • The Council will be meeting in Executive Session to discuss personnel matters.