Community Sessions

Community Sessions

The Province’s Columbia River Treaty Review Team receives and welcomes suggestions and assistance from Columbia Basin Trust regarding consultation with Basin residents. Columbia Basin Trust’s mandate with respect to the Columbia River Treaty is to act as an information resource for Basin residents and local governments. It is the Province’s role to consult with Basin residents on the future of the Treaty. The Province and Columbia Basin Trust signed an Memorandum of Understanding on June 1, 2012 clarifying mandates, roles and responsibilities.

 

November 2013 Community Sessions

Phase 3 public engagement sessions were held in November 2013 in six Columbia Basin communities: Jaffray, Cranbrook, Golden, Nakusp, Castlegar and Valemount. The session held in Cranbrook for Regional District of East Kootenay elected officials was also open to the public.  Two sessions were held in Nakusp, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, to accommodate a community event.  The session in Castlegar was streamed live and the session in Valemount was a community videoconference.

During the sessions the Columbia River Treaty Review team presented results of two additional scenarios analyzed for the draft Columbia River Treaty Review Technical Studies Report .  The Treaty Review team also reviewed the draft Columbia River Treaty Review public consultation report  and the draft recommendation, seeking feedback from Basin residents on the completeness of the report and recommendation and suggestions for improvement.

The Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee also sought feedback on their draft recommendations to government. Below you will find handout material and the presentations provided to attendees at the community sessions.

Handout materials
PowerPoint Presentations

Summary Report of November 2013 Community Consultation

Columbia River Treaty Review November 2013 Community Consultation Summary Report

Columbia River Treaty Review Technical Conference

The Columbia River Treaty Review Technical Conference was held on March 22 in Castlegar. The Conference was streamed live. Approximately 115 people attended the conference in person with 22 people registering for the LiveStream option.  Conference participants were asked to review the the Columbia River Treaty 2014 Review Technical Studies Report prior to the Conference as the report provided the background information for the morning breakout sessions.  Following a presentation on the report, discussion continued in small groups divided into Basin areas: Arrow Lakes/Kinbasket; Lower Columbia River; Kootenay River System. A presentation by the United States Entity closed the morning portion of the Conference. During the afternoon, there were breakout sessions on Archaeology Performance Measures for Power System Planning; Climate Change; Salmon in the Columbia Basin and Flood Management Operations and Bylaws. An additional conference scheduled for March 20 in Golden was cancelled due to very low registration.

Below you will find a Columbia River Treaty 2014 Review Technical Studies Report handout used in the small group discussions and the presentations used during the Conference. A summary report of the Conference will be posted in mid-April 2013.

Handouts and PowerPoint Presentations

Summary Report of Conference

Columbia River Treaty Review Scenarios Visualization Tool

Click here to view  a plain language, visual presentation of potential future operating alternatives and related trade-offs between key Basin interests.

 

June 2013 Fauquier Community Session

Approximately 65 people attended the June 15, 2013 all day session in Fauquier.  The agenda for the session was developed jointly with the community.  Below are the presentations used at the session.

PowerPoint Presentations
Summary of feedback received

March 2013 Golden and Nelson Community Sessions

Fulfilling a November 2012 commitment to return if invited, the Columbia River Treaty Review team held community information sessions in Golden and in Nelson. Approximately 35- 40 people attended the Golden session and approximately 20-25 people attended the session in Nelson. Below are the presentations used as the two sessions and a summary report of the feedback from Basin residents.

PowerPoint Presentations
Summary of feedback received during community sessions

November 2012 Community Sessions

Phase 2 public engagement sessions were held during November 2012 in eight Columbia River Basin communities: Jaffray, Creston, Revelstoke, Golden, Valemount, Nelson, Trail, and Nakusp. The session in Trail was streamed live. Approximately 360 people attended the sessions.  In addition, two meetings, in Cranbrook and Castlegar, were held with regional and municipal elected officials. During the sessions the Columbia River Treaty Review team asked for feedback from Columbia Basin residents about potential trade-offs between previously identified local interests and potential future Treaty scenarios. Below you will find handout material and presentations provided to attendees at the community sessions.

Handout materials
PowerPoint presentations
Summary of feedback received during community sessions

 

May and June 2012 Community Sessions

During May and June 2012, public engagement sessions were held in seven Columbia River Basin communities: Jaffray, Creston, Nakusp, Castlegar, Valemount, Golden and Revelstoke. 360 people attended, providing input on interests and values as well as how residents would like to be consulted in the fall. On this page you will find documents distributed to community session attendees, videos of the Province’s presentation and a summary of the information received from attendees.

Handout materials
PowerPoint presentations
Videos of presentations made at Golden community session on June 19, 2012
Summary of feedback received during community sessions