Council Quarterly Past Issues

Spring 2008 (920k PDF)

• Scientists Study Changing Ocean Conditions for Clues About Future Salmon Abundance
• Here Comes the Sun: Innovations in Solar Technology
• Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment Proposals Are Available for Public Review
• Gauging the Northwest’s Power Supply: The Regional Resource Adequacy Standard
• Columbia River Runoff Should Be Below Normal in 2008
• NW/Q&A: Dr. Michael McCoy on the Smart Grid

Winter 2008 (1.3mb PDF)

• High-tech gear gives scientists a new view of salmon survival in rivers and the ocean
• Toward a Clean Energy Future: Issues for the Sixth Power Plan
• Neighborly advocates: By building relationships, the Clark Fork Coalition builds success
• NW/Q&A: Tony Grover
• Success story: Willamette Valley Ranch purchased for wildlife habitat

Fall 2007 (1.3mb PDF)

• The Northwest’s CO₂ Footprint: Determining the Impact, and Difficulty in Trying to Lessen It
• Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments Begin
• Scientists Share Latest Research Results with Fish and Wildlife Policy-makers
• From Landfill Gas to Renewable Energy - Coffin Butte
• NW/Q&A: Sakura Urban Concepts
• Success stories: Sagebrush Flats

Summer 2007 (1.7mb PDF)

• The Impact of Population Growth on Fish and Wildlife
• Northwest Power Supply Is Adequate, but Potentially Expensive
• Innovative Projects Would Test New Methods of Enhancing Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Survival
• Modeling As An Open-Ended Exercise: A Footnote to the Fifth Power Plan
• NW/Q&A: Brian Lipscomb
• Success stories: Lake Pend Oreille

Spring 2007 (560k PDF)

• Climate Change in the Northwest
• Climate Change Impacts Could Affect Columbia River Hydropower Generation
• NW/Q&A: Philip Mote
• Success stories: Swan River Valley

Winter 2007 (890k PDF)

• Winds of Change: Montana taps its wind power potential, boosting the Northwest supply of renewable energy
• Legislation Encourages Renewable Energy Developments in Northwest States
• Report from Beijing
• July 2006 Heat Wave Had Lessons for Energy Planners
• Summer High Temperatures Translate Into a Wake-up Call for Energy Planners
• NW/Q&A: Rachel Shimshak
• Success stories: John Day Basin

Fall 2006 (890k PDF)

• Rapid Development of Wind Power Prompts Regional Plan for Its Integration Into Power Supply
• What States Are Doing to Move Toward a Clean Energy Future
• Making the Change: Energy Trust Programs Help Consumers Save Energy and Invest in Renewable Resources
• Lake Fertilization Appears to Benefit Fish in Idaho and British Columbia
• Summer High Temperatures Translate Into a Wake-up Call for Energy Planners
• Jack Robertson on the Hydrogen Revolution
• Success stories: Methow Valley

Summer 2006 (1.4mb PDF)

• Washington transfers Klickitat hatchery to Yakama Nation
• Connecting communities through education
• NW/Q&A: Senator Daniel J. Evans
• Success stories: Sandy River

Spring 2006 (710k PDF)

• Council proposes voluntary standard for westwide power system reliability
• Celebrating a milestone: The Northwest Power Act
• Council supports flood control study, but not ratepayer funding
• Two experts offer perspectives on decoupling energy sales from profits to encourage conservation investments
• Coal gasification: An old technology gains new ground
• NW/Q&A: Terry Courtney, Warm Springs Confederated Tribes
• Success stories: Kootenai River sturgeon recovery

Winter 2006 (860k PDF)

• Wind power leads construction of new Northwest power plants
• Warming trend: How climate change could affect the Northwest
• Independent scientists say survival benefit of summer spill won't be known for several years
• The China connection: Lessons in growth from the Northwest
• NW Energy Coalition honors Council's Fifth Power Plan
• NW/Q&A: Steve Fick, commercial fisherman and owner of Fishhawk Fisheries
• Success stories: WyEast RCDA

Fall 2005 (1.4m PDF)

• Independent scientists recommend ways to improve decision-making
• Puget Sound Energy’s latest wind project adds to the region’s renewables
• Federal judge gives NOAA Fisheries one year to write a new Biological Opinion
• Science board to review court-ordered 2005 spill operation
• NW/Q&A: Gary Loomis, founder of Fish First
• Success stories: Streamnet Library

Summer 2005 (320k PDF)

• Biological Opinion litigation affects only one part of larger fish and wildlife mitigation effort
• NW/Q&A: Marilyn Showalter, Executive Director, Public Power Council
• Council plans level funding for most fish and wildlife projects in 2006; prepares for 2007
• Success stories: Yakima River
• Fish managers to assess reasons for the lower than expected Spring fish run

Spring 2005 (680k PDF)

• Making the case for conservation
• Power supply adequate despite dry conditions
• Raising the price of BPA power would cost ratepayers $1.7 billion
• Low Spring Chinook run vexes fish managers
• Partnership will coordinate aquatic research monitoring
• Success stories: Colville Tribes Wildlife Mitigation
• Proposal to limit BPA borrowing could result in higher power rates

Winter 2005 (1m PDF)

• Avian predation on juvenile salmon and steelhead
• Conservation program benefits Idaho sockeye and chinook
• Council adopts 23 subbasin plans
• Flow and salmon survival
• Success story: Flathead River

Fall 2004 (400k PDF)

• Subbasin plans proposed for amendment into fish and wildlife program
• Federal proposal for endangered salmon will rely on structural improvements at dams to aid fish passage, predator control, and habitat improvements
• Council proposes plan to reduce risk of future energy shortages and high prices
• Columbia River Forum would address international water management issues
• Success story: Colville Reservation

Summer 2004 (640k PDF)

• Getting fish past the dams: Technology and better understanding of fish survival help improve their odds
• Subbasin plans submitted; review process begins
• Bonneville's proposal on its future role
• New energy efficiency standards for refrigerators
• Seeking comments on hatchery reform proposals
• September symposium on innovative energy efficiency and transmission
• Success story: Therriault Creek

Spring 2004 (570k PDF)

• Primer on the 5th Power Plan: A Guide for our Energy Future
• Drought, low river runoff could boost power prices
• Recommendations for the future role of Bonneville Power Administration
• Success story: Kootenai River

Winter 2004 (660k PDF)

• Wind power: From niche to mainstream
• Fisheries Society honors Nez Perce and Forest Service for habitat restoration projects
• Walla Walla Subbasin: A community plans for the future
• Subbasin planning update
• Success stories: Crims and Walker Islands

Fall 2003 (380k PDF)

• Fish hatchery review will inform recommendations for future operations
• Council pushes for new funding agreement for fish and wildlife
• Bonneville's future role in supplying the region's electricity
• Council asks for spill tests at dams in the Summer of 2004
• Recent trend continues: most 2003 salmon and steelhead runs above average
• Planning the Northwest’s energy future
• Success story: Umatilla River

Summer 2003 (610k PDF)

• Strong Columbia River salmon runs predicted
• Applying conservation and renewable resources principles in Walla Walla
• Federal agencies reject summer flow changes
• Success story: Pine Creek Ranch

Spring 2003 (410k PDF)

• Amendments to the Fish and Wildlife program call for tests of alternative dam operations
• Conservation achievements since 1980 could be repeated by 2025
• President’s budget proposes $589 million for Columbia Basin fish & wildlife in Fiscal Year 2004
• Conservation's future
• Success story: Okanogan River

Winter 2003 (480k PDF)

• Short-term power supply is adequate
• Proposals to change river and dam operations
• Helping Bonneville through fiscal crisis, and recommendations on Bonneville's future
• Energy conservation made big gains in 2001
• Success story: Hood River

Fall 2002 (450k PDF)

• Learning about salmon at the river's edge
• Future of Bonneville Power Administration
• Standard Market Design
• RAND report on region's energy future
• Proposals to change river and dam operations (draft mainstem amendments)
• Success story: Hungry Horse Mitigation Program

Summer 2002 - Special Hatchery section (580k PDF)
Spring 2002
Winter 2002 (730k PDF)
July 2001 - also as 11x17" 1.7M PDF file
March 2001 - also as 11x17" 5.0M single PDF file
June 2000 - Special Green Power issue

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