The forum provides for intergovernmental regional discussion and decisions on operation and system configuration of the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS).
System Configuration Team (SCT)
SCT Meeting Minutes
Water Quality Team (WQT)
WQT Meeting Minutes
Transboundary Gas Group
TGG Meeting Minutes
The Technical Management Team (TMT) is an inter-agency technical group responsible for making recommendations on dam and reservoir operations. (Links to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website)
TMT Meeting Minutes
FCRPS Branch staff chair and administer the Implementation Team (IT). The IT invites senior policy representatives of the regional fish and wildlife agencies, federal action agencies, tribes and non-federal project operators to participate in making FCRPS operating and system configuration recomendations that benefit salmon and steelhead.
FCRPS branch staff also represent NOAA Fisheries Service in technical subgroups of IT, which include the following:
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Technical Management Team (TMT) provides recomendations for nearly year-round, system-wide operations
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FCRPS staff chair the System Configuration Team (SCT) charged with overseeing the Corps' approximately $80 million annual Columbia River Fish Mitigation Program. This program focuses on the study and implementation of structural fish passage and water quality improvements to most federal mainstem dams
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FCRPS staff co-chair the Water quality Team (WQT), which provides scientific and technical recommendations, advice and guidance on water quality issues for the various technical committees advising the regional Forum related to the FCRPS Biological Opinion, and other regional Columbia River entities for decisions that impact aquatic resources
FCRPS staff represent NOAA Fisheries Service at the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority (CBFWA) and before the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC). Branch members represent NOAA Fisheries service on operations to implement the Vernita bar agreement.
