Department of Ecology
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Columbia River Policy Advisory Group

Columbia River near Crescent Bar, Grant County

The Columbia River Policy Advisory Group helps the Washington State Department of Ecology identify policy issues and priorities for developing water supply.

Our meetings are open to the public.

2019 Meeting Schedule

All meetings run from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm
March 7, 2019 Washington Farm Bureau Building 975 Carpenter Road NE, Suite 301, Lacey, WA (Map and Directions)	September 25, 2019 Location TBA
June 20, 2019 Hal Holmes Center at the Ellensburg Library 209 N. Ruby St. Ellensburg, WA (Map)	December 12, 2019 Location TBA

Meeting Materials (Handouts, Presentations, Agendas, Etc)

March 7, 2019

Agenda
Meeting Notes
Presentations and handouts
Other
- Ecology letter to Senators Honeyford and Warnick regarding implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6091 and concerns about the representation of agricultural interests on Watershed Restoration and Enhancement committees.
- Letter to Ecology regarding membership on Watershed Restoration and Enhancement committees.

December 13, 2018

September 6, 2018

June 7, 2018

Agenda
Presentations and handouts

March 1, 2018

Agenda
Meeting Notes
Presentations and handouts
- Draft strategic planning document
- Cle Elum Pool Raise and Fish Passage

December 6, 2017

Agenda
Presentations and handouts
- Lake Roosevelt Permitting Progress
- Columbia River Policy Advisory Group History
- Action items for improving the 2021 Columbia River Basin Long-Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast
  - Presentation
  - Handout

September 7, 2017

June 1, 2017

Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program
OCR Budget and Legislative Update
Methow River Instream Flow Improvement Project

March 9, 2017

December 8, 2016

Agenda
Meeting Notes
Presentations
- Columbia River Treaty - Info about the Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement
- Yakima Basin DC Leadership (federal agency) Group Meeting
- Office of Columbia River 2017-19 Budget and Proposed Legislation
  - Presentation
  - Handout about proposed legislation - Focus on Columbia River Water Supplies
- Icicle Creek Water Resource Management Strategy
- Videos
  - Cle Elum Fish Passage Ribbon Cutting
- What national agency leaders are saying about the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan.

CR-PAG Meeting Archives

Meeting materials from 2006-2016 are archived on our CRPAG partnerweb site. Agency policy requires such sites to be secure. Request access by clicking the link below or by emailing tim.hill@ecy.wa.gov

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Office of Columbia River Policy Advisory Group (PAG) Members

Phil Rigdon Yakama Nation	Dawn Weidmeier Bureau of Reclamation
Lisa Pelly Trout Unlimited	Kim Ogren Oregon Water Resources Dept
Guy Norman NW Power & Conservation Council	BJ Kieffer Spokane Tribe
Wes McCart Stevens County Commissioner	Matt Watkins City of Pasco
Liz Klumpp and Debbie Carlson Bonneville Power Administration	Gary Chandler Association of WA Business
Mike Leita Yakima County Commissioner	Mike Schwisow Columbia Basin Development League
Kathryn Brigham Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	Gregg Carrington Chelan County PUD
Michael Garrity WA State Dept of Fish & Wildlife	Jon Culp WA State Conservation Commission
Pending Environmental organization	Craig Simpson East Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Jim Fredericks U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Darryll Olsen Columbia-Snake Rivers Irrigation Association
Rich Stevens Grant County Commissioner	Wendy McDermott American Rivers
Mark Stedman Lincoln County Commissioner	Tom Davis WA State Farm Bureau
Dale Bambrick NOAA Fisheries-U.S. Dept of Commerce

Below is a database listing all of the documents linked above.

Documents

File Name	File Size	Description	Category	Date Added
3-19mtgnotes.pdf	181.9 KB	Meeting Notes for March 2019 Meeting Meeting Notes for March 2019 Meeting	Meeting Notes	04/04/19 08:24 AM
HirstFix.pdf	51.1 KB	Letter to Ecology regarding membership on Watershe... Letter to Ecology regarding membership on Watershed Restoration and Enhancement committee	#NEW_CATEGORY#	04/04/19 08:23 AM
LetterToSens.pdf	167.3 KB	Ecology letter to Sens Honeyford and Warnick regar... Ecology letter to Sens Honeyford and Warnick regarding implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6091 and concerns about the representation of agricultural interests on Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Committees.	#NEW_CATEGORY#	04/04/19 08:20 AM
3-19_Permitting_Update.pdf	744.6 KB	OCR Permitting Update OCR Permitting Update	Presentations	03/14/19 10:28 AM
3-19_Water_Resources_Update-Grants.pdf	3.8 MB	Water Resources Grants Water Resources Grants	Presentations	03/13/19 12:10 PM
3-19_Water_Resources_Legislation.pdf	1.3 MB	Water Resources 2019 Legislation Water Resources 2019 Legislation	Presentations	03/13/19 12:09 PM
3-19_Walla2Partnership.pdf	3.2 MB	Walla Walla Partnership Walla Walla Partnership	Presentations	03/13/19 12:07 PM
3-19_OCR_19-2_ budget.pdf	6.1 MB	2019-2021OCR Budget 2019-2021OCR Budget	Presentations	03/13/19 11:52 AM
Agenda_3-19.pdf	123.5 KB	Agenda for March 7, 2019 Agenda for March 7, 2019	Agendas	02/28/19 09:06 AM
CRPAGnotesDec2019.pdf	176.9 KB	Dec. 12, 2018 Meeting Notes Dec. 12, 2018 Meeting Notes	Meeting Notes	01/28/19 08:36 AM
10-18Meetingnotes.pdf	151.9 KB	Sept. 6, 2018 Meeting Notes Sept. 6, 2018 Meeting Notes	Meeting Notes	12/13/18 02:17 PM
12-18StrategicPlanning.pdf	99 KB	Ideas for PAG to Discuss 2019: Follow-up from Stra... Ideas for PAG to Discuss 2019: Follow-up from Strategic Planning discussions in 2017	Presentations	12/13/18 02:05 PM
12-18W2.pdf	851.5 KB	Walla Walla Integrated Plan Walla Walla Integrated Plan	Presentations	12/13/18 02:04 PM
12-18_Budget.pdf	858.8 KB	OCR 2019-20 Capital Budget Request OCR 2019-20 Capital Budget Request	Presentations	12/13/18 02:04 PM
1212CRPAGstrategysummary.pdf	127.4 KB	12-18 CR-PAG Strategic Planning Summary 12-18 CR-PAG Strategic Planning Summary	Presentations	12/10/18 08:49 AM
1212CRPAGAgenda.pdf	129.4 KB	Dec. 12, 2018 Meeting Agenda Dec. 12, 2018 Meeting Agenda	Agendas	12/10/18 08:45 AM
SwitzlerBriefing_9-6-18.pdf	3.5 MB	Switzler Reservoir EIS Scoping Switzler Reservoir EIS Scoping	Presentations	09/06/18 04:03 PM
snow2flow8-18.pdf	2.1 MB	Upper Columbia Forest Restoration/Snowpack Decisio... Upper Columbia Forest Restoration/Snowpack Decision Support Tool	Presentations	09/06/18 03:35 PM
CRPAG_19-21budget.pdf	4.3 MB	OCR Budget and Legislative Updates OCR Budget and Legislative Updates	Presentations	09/06/18 03:33 PM
CRPAG- Agenda-9-18.pdf	199.3 KB	September 6, 2018 CRPAG Agenda September 6, 2018 CRPAG Agenda	Agendas	09/06/18 03:32 PM
WashingtonWatersPAG6-18.pdf	620 KB	Washington Waters Washington Waters	Presentations	06/07/18 04:15 PM
IcicleStrategyPAG6-18.pdf	1.9 MB	Icicle Creek Water Resource Management Strategy Icicle Creek Water Resource Management Strategy	Presentations	06/07/18 04:14 PM
19-21budget.pdf	3.4 MB	The Office of Columbia River’s 2019 – 2021 Capital... The Office of Columbia River’s 2019 – 2021 Capital Budget Development	Presentations	06/07/18 04:14 PM
CRPAGAgenda6-18.pdf	105.9 KB	Agenda June 2018 Agenda June 2018	Agendas	06/07/18 04:06 PM
CRPAG3-18MeetingNotes3.pdf	151.4 KB	3-18 Meeting Notes 3-18 Meeting Notes	Meeting Notes	03/15/18 02:49 PM
CleElumProjects3-18.pdf	7.8 MB	presentations presentations	None	03/08/18 01:14 PM
CRPAGstrategy_draft.pdf	124.2 KB		handouts	02/26/18 08:44 AM
Agenda3-18.pdf	9.1 KB		Agendas	02/26/18 08:43 AM
CRPAG-Notes-Sept-2017.pdf	36.9 KB	CRPAG meeting Notes Sept 2017 CRPAG meeting Notes Sept 2017	Meeting Notes	12/18/17 01:11 PM
PAG_History.pdf	245.7 KB	Columbia River Policy Advisory Group History Columbia River Policy Advisory Group History	None	12/11/17 01:44 PM
state_caucus-priority_tasks.pdf	87.8 KB	Forecast-Related Action Items for PAG Endorsement Forecast-Related Action Items for PAG Endorsement	None	12/11/17 01:19 PM
LakeRooseveltPermitting12-17PAG.pdf	262.4 KB	Lake Roosevelt Permitting Status, Dec 2017 Lake Roosevelt Permitting Status, Dec 2017	None	12/11/17 01:17 PM
Forecast-state-caucus-recs12-17-PAG.pdf	766.4 KB	State caucus recommendations for the Columbia Riv... State caucus recommendations for the Columbia River Supply and Demand Forecast	None	12/11/17 01:15 PM
Agenda-12-17-PAG.pdf	334.6 KB	Dec 2017 CR-PAG Agenda Dec 2017 CR-PAG Agenda	None	12/11/17 01:13 PM
9-17-CRPAG-Forecast.pdf	2.3 MB		None	09/07/17 04:12 PM
9-17-OCR_budget.pdf	103 KB		None	09/07/17 04:11 PM
CRPAG-Agenda-Sept-2017.pdf	40.5 KB		Agendas	08/31/17 10:26 AM
3-17_Meeting_Notes.pdf	37.9 KB	March 2017 meeting notes March 2017 meeting notes	Meeting Notes	07/25/17 03:11 PM
6-17_Meeting_Notes.pdf	34.7 KB	June 2017 Meeting Notes June 2017 Meeting Notes	Meeting Notes	07/25/17 10:32 AM
8-16_Budget.pdf	2.7 MB	2017-2019 OCR Proposed Budget 2017-2019 OCR Proposed Budget	Presentations	07/25/17 10:10 AM
8-16_Governors-Letter.pdf	183.3 KB	Letter from the Governors of Washington, Idaho, Or... Letter from the Governors of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana to President Barack Obama regarding the Columbia River Treaty.	handouts	07/25/17 10:06 AM
8-16_draft_bill.pdf	20.2 KB	2017 Proposed legislation clarifying uncertainties... 2017 Proposed legislation clarifying uncertainties in water right issuance brought about by recent court decision	handouts	07/25/17 10:05 AM
8-16_Legislative_focus_sheet.pdf	131.2 KB	2017 Proposed legislation clarifying uncertainties... 2017 Proposed legislation clarifying uncertainties in water right issuance brought about by recent court decision	handouts	07/25/17 10:04 AM
8-16_Forecast_Report.pdf	3.8 MB	Columbia River Basin 2016 Long-term Water Supply a... Columbia River Basin 2016 Long-term Water Supply and Demand Forecast Presentation	Presentations	07/25/17 09:59 AM
8-16_Project_Updates.pdf	5.4 MB	Project Updates Project Updates	Presentations	07/25/17 09:58 AM
8-16_Budget.pdf	2.7 MB	2012-2019 OCR Budget Request 2012-2019 OCR Budget Request	Presentations	07/25/17 09:56 AM
8-16_Meeting_Notes.pdf	148.7 KB	August 2016 Meeting Notes August 2016 Meeting Notes	Meeting Notes	07/25/17 09:55 AM
8-16_Agenda.pdf	43.7 KB	August 2016 meeting agenda August 2016 meeting agenda	Agendas	07/25/17 09:54 AM
12-16_meeting_notes.pdf	108.2 KB	CRPAG 12-16 Meeting Notes CRPAG 12-16 Meeting Notes	Meeting Notes	07/25/17 09:51 AM
12-16_Icicle.pdf	6.1 MB	Icicle Creek Water Resource Management Strategy Icicle Creek Water Resource Management Strategy	Presentations	07/25/17 09:50 AM
12-16_Budget.pdf	1.1 MB	OCR 2017-2019 Budget Request OCR 2017-2019 Budget Request	Presentations	07/25/17 09:49 AM
12-16_DC_Leadership.pdf	3.1 MB	Yakima Basin DC Leadership (federal agency) Group ... Yakima Basin DC Leadership (federal agency) Group Meeting	Presentations	07/25/17 09:48 AM
12-16_Agenda.pdf	162.2 KB	December 2016 CRPAG Meeting Agenda December 2016 CRPAG Meeting Agenda	Agendas	07/25/17 09:35 AM
Twisp.pdf	1 MB	This is a test This is a test	Test	07/19/17 02:27 PM
Twisp.pdf	1 MB	How did Twisp Benefit from the MVID Instream Flow ... How did Twisp Benefit from the MVID Instream Flow Improvement Project?	Presentations	07/07/17 03:08 PM
lpcrpMVID.pdf	2.2 MB	Methow Instream Flow Improvement Methow Instream Flow Improvement	Presentations	07/07/17 03:07 PM
MVID.pdf	1.7 MB	Methow Instream Flow Improvement Project Methow Instream Flow Improvement Project	Presentations	07/07/17 03:06 PM
6-17-CRPAGleg_budget.pdf	661.1 KB	Office of Columbia River 17-19 Legislative and Bud... Office of Columbia River 17-19 Legislative and Budget	Presentations	07/07/17 03:05 PM
OGWRP.pdf	21.2 MB	Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program	Presentations	07/07/17 03:04 PM
CRPAGAgenda6-17.pdf	159.5 KB	June 2017 Agenda June 2017 Agenda	Agendas	07/07/17 03:03 PM
WA_OCR_PAG_OR.pdf	2.6 MB	Oregon's Water Resources Development Program Oregon's Water Resources Development Program	Presentations	07/07/17 02:41 PM
Healthgroundwater.pdf	3.5 MB	Declining groundwater levels in domestic wells Declining groundwater levels in domestic wells	Presentations	07/07/17 02:40 PM
CEPR.pdf	12.9 MB	Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Manag... Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan	Presentations	07/07/17 02:38 PM
PAGAgenda-3-17.pdf	9 KB	March 2017 Agenda March 2017 Agenda	Agendas	07/07/17 02:25 PM

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