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News about energy and natural resources in the Pacific Northwest
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Ready For Public Comment:
Draft Regional Energy Plan Ensures Low-Carbon, Efficient Energy Future
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The Council approved the Draft Seventh Plan this week and directed staff to prepare the document for public review during a 60-day comment period beginning October 20. Read more.
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White Sturgeon Populations Are Stable But Face Threats In The Columbia
While white sturgeon populations in the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam are stable, they're also targeted by the growing sea lion population and their spawning can be affected by dam operations upstream.
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Lower Columbia Wetlands Restoration Benefits Wildlife, Birds, and Fish
Just a dozen miles northwest of downtown Portland, a cornucopia of wildlife, notably song birds and more than 200,000 migrating waterfowl annually, inhabit the low-lying, marshy backwaters of the Shillapoo Wildlife Area, part of the Vancouver Lake lowlands adjacent to the Columbia River.
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Jennifer Light Will Lead Regional Technical Forum
Jennifer Light, the Council’s Regional Technical Forum manager, has been elected chair of the 26-member energy efficiency advisory committee.
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