Lakes Commission Meeting February 26th from 10 – 1 pm

The Pend Oreille River looking East to the Cabinet Mountains

This is a virtual meeting you may Register at any time https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R8A6Aw7xTTyFDr24d1Ru6g

Video Recording – begins at the 16 min mark

The Agenda

10 – 11 am – Snake River Quagga Mussel Response – Interagency Talk

Nic Zurfluh – Invasive Species Program, Idaho Department of Agriculture

Mary Ann Nelson – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

Mike Peterson – Idaho Department of Fish and Game

BREAK

11:15 – BNSF Rail HazMat Safety and Response Program & New Bridge Update

Andrew Garland and Justin Piper- Director, Hazardous Materials and Andrew Garland – BNSF Spokesman

11:45 – Snowpack in the Pend Oreille Basin 

Peter Youngblood, Hydrologist – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) – Idaho Snow Survey

12:15 – Albeni Falls Dam Operations – USACE

Leon Basdekas – Upper Columbia Senior Water Manager

12:35 Outlet Dam – Hydrology/Operations

Michelle Richman, Northern Regional Mgr, Idaho Department of Water Resources.