The Bonneville Power Administration is a federal, non-profit agency based in the Pacific Northwest. Although the BPA is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, it is self-funding and covers its costs by selling products and services. BPA markets wholesale electric power from 31 federal hydro projects in the Columbia River Basin, one non-federal nuclear plant, and several other small non-federal power plants.
As part of its responsibilities, BPA promotes energy efficiency, renewable resources, and new technologies. The agency also funds regional efforts to protect and rebuild fish and wildlife populations affected by hydroelectric power development in the Columbia River Basin.
This year Damon, Keith, and I enjoyed the talks in the big room and conversations in the halls and over meals. Hearing about what folks in the Pacific Northwest and around the country are doing to help conserve and restore rivers gives us additional context with which to evolve and improve the tools and systems we build.
Did your New Year’s resolution include a plan for achieving better data collection and management in 2016? If it didn’t, are you now wishing you had? Either way, I have a webcast you should definitely attend. Next week, Keith Steele and Carol Volk (Owner/Research Ecologist at South Fork Research) will be presenting “Getting Started with GeoOptix™: A Platform Overview” on Wednesday, 17 February 2016 at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern.
Stream temperatures are on the rise in the Pacific Northwest, creating problems for native fish and wildlife. As a result, a lot of ecologists, scientists, and regulators collect water temperature data. High quality, multi-year temperature data is critical for understanding the status and trends of our local streams and the species that inhabit them.
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