The Province\u2019s Columbia River Treaty Review Team receives and welcomes suggestions and assistance from Columbia Basin Trust regarding consultation with Basin residents. Columbia Basin Trust\u2019s 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\u2019s role to consult with Basin residents on the future of the Treaty. The Province and Columbia Basin Trust signed an Memorandum of Understanding<\/a> on June 1, 2012 clarifying mandates, roles and responsibilities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 Two sessions were held in Nakusp, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, to accommodate a community event.\u00a0 The session in Castlegar was streamed live and the session in Valemount was a community videoconference.<\/p>\n 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 <\/a>.\u00a0 The Treaty Review team also reviewed the draft Columbia River Treaty Review public consultation report\u00a0<\/a> and the draft recommendation<\/a>, seeking feedback from Basin residents on the completeness of the report and recommendation and suggestions for improvement.<\/p>\n The Columbia River Treaty Local Governments\u2019 Committee also sought feedback on their draft recommendations to government<\/a>. Below you will find handout material and the presentations provided to attendees at the community sessions.<\/p>\n Summary Report of November 2013 Community Consultation<\/strong><\/p>\n Columbia River Treaty Review November 2013 Community Consultation Summary Report<\/a><\/p>\n 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.\u00a0\u00a0Conference participants were asked to review the the Columbia River Treaty 2014 Review Technical Studies Report <\/a>prior to the Conference as the report\u00a0provided the background information for\u00a0the morning breakout sessions.\u00a0 Following a presentation on the report, discussion continued\u00a0in small groups\u00a0divided 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\u00a0Archaeology Performance Measures for Power System Planning; Climate Change; Salmon in the Columbia\u00a0Basin and Flood Management Operations and\u00a0Bylaws.\u00a0An additional conference scheduled for March 20 in\u00a0Golden\u00a0was cancelled due to\u00a0very low registration.<\/p>\n Below you will find a Columbia River Treaty 2014 Review Technical Studies Report\u00a0handout\u00a0used in the small group discussions\u00a0and the presentations used during the Conference. A summary report of the Conference will be posted in mid-April 2013.<\/p>\n Summary Report of Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n Click here <\/a>to view\u00a0 a plain language, visual presentation of potential future operating alternatives and related trade-offs between key Basin interests.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Approximately 65 people attended the June 15, 2013 all day session in Fauquier.\u00a0 The agenda for the session was developed jointly with the community.\u00a0 Below are the presentations used at the session.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0\u00a0In addition, two\u00a0meetings, in Cranbrook and Castlegar,\u00a0were held\u00a0with regional\u00a0and municipal elected officials. During the sessions the Columbia River Treaty Review team asked for feedback from Columbia Basin residents about potential trade-offs between\u00a0previously identified local interests and potential future Treaty scenarios. Below you will find handout material and presentations provided\u00a0to attendees at the community sessions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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\u2019s presentation and a summary of the information received from attendees.<\/p>\n Community Sessions The Province\u2019s Columbia River Treaty Review Team receives and welcomes suggestions and assistance from Columbia Basin Trust regarding consultation with Basin residents. Columbia Basin Trust\u2019s mandate with respect to the Columbia River Treaty is to act as an information resource for Basin residents and local governments. 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