ASSOCIATIONOFPOWERBIOLOGISTS
2017ConferenceMinutesAugust29th–31st,Centralia,Washington
58thAssociationofPowerBiologistsAnnualConferenceThe58thAPBConferencewashostedbyTacomaPowerinCentralia,WashingtonandfeaturedatouroftheCowlitzRiverHydroelectricProject.MeetingAttendees
1 AaronUtz IdahoPower 26 JohnSwett USBR2 AlSolonsky SeattleCityLight 27 KaitlinSchnell USACE3 AmyKrisch PG&E 28 KarrieGibbons USACE4 AndrewDerugin USACE 29 KevinBarnes AzG&T5 AndrewTraylor USACE 30 KyleMundy USACE6 ArnieAspelund PugetSoundEnergy 31 KyleTidwell USACE7 BobCordie USACE 32 MadelynMartinez USACE8 BrianBissel USACE 33 MarcWicke SaltRiverProject9 ChrisKarchesky PacifiCorp 34 MargaretDavid PGE10ChrisWalker USACE 35 MarkFerraiolo PacifiCorp11ChristopherNoyes TacomaPower 36 MattBleich TacomaPower12CindySwanberg TacomaPower 37 MattPeter TacomaPower13ClareKeane PG&E 38 NathanZorich USACE14ConorFlynn ArizonaPublicService 39 NickAckerman PGE15DanCramer PGE 40 PhilipSandstrom TacomaPower16DouglasBruland PSE 41 RachaelPoston SouthernCal.Edison17EricShoblom TacomaPublicUtilities 42 RichGrost PacifiCorp18ErikLesko PacifiCorp 43 SummerPeterman PacifiCorp19ErinKovalchuk USACE 44 TerryMurphy USBR20ErinLowery SeattleCityLight 45 TimothyHoffnagle TacomaPower21GarthWyatt PGE 46 TonyFuchs PugetSoundEnergy22GinaMorimoto PG&E 47 TravisNelson TacomaPower23GreggGarnett USBR 48 ZachDay USACE24 JamieMurphy TacomaPower 25 JasonSchilling DouglasCountyPUD
TuesdayAugust29th
ResidingAPBPresidentandTreasurerDanCrammerwelcomedparticipantsandgaveafewopeningremarksregardingthe58thAPBmeeting.HealsointroducedfellowofficersChrisKarchesky(VicePresent)andMattBleich(Secretary).HealsorecognizedSarahBallwithEdisonElectricInstitute(EEI)whoprovidedfinancialsupportforthe2017APBmeeting.PresentationsGarthWyatt-PortlandGeneralElectric
Populationlevelresponseto21stcenturyfishpassageinfrastructureintheupperClackamasRiverbasin
ArnieAspelund-PugetSoundEnergy
NearlyaDecadeLater–SockeyeProductionintheBakerBasinRachaelPoston-SouthernCaliforniaEdison
PowerofGISMapViewingTools–ConsolidationandStandardizationofDataConorFlynn-ArizonaPublicService
NEPAandIntegratedVegetationManagement*KyleTidwell-USArmyCorpsofEngineers
PinnipedmonitoringChrisNoyes-TacomaPower
CushmanDownstreamPassageCindySwanberg/EricShoblom-TacomaPower
Cowlitzwildlifeandfishfacilitiestourpreview*Asdeterminedbyaconfidentialvote,theawardforbestpresentationwenttoKyleTidwell.
APBAnnualBowlingFollowingtheconclusionofthefirstdayofpresentations,participantstraveledtoFairwayLanesCentralia,WAfortheopeningnightsocial.
WednesdayAugust30thProjectTour-CowlitzHydroelectricProjectTwoseparatetourswereoffered,onethatfocusedonthevariousissuesandinfrastructureassociatedwithproject’saquaticimplementationandmonitoringprograms,andtheotherthatfocusedontheproject’sterrestrialwildlifeandlandmanagementprograms.TacomaPower’sJamieMurphyandChrisFosterfacilitatedthegrouptouroftheCowlitzSalmonHatcheryandCowlitzFallsNorthShoreCollector,whileEricRussellandCindySwanbergfacilitatedtheTerrestrialTour.ManyoftheprogramshighlightedwerethoserecentlyimplementedaspartoftherecentimprovementsmadebyTacomaPower.Participantswereallowedtochoosewhichtourtheywouldliketoattend.
Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery AquaticsTour
ThefirststopoftheAquaticsTourwasattheCowlitzSalmonHatchery,oneofthelargestfishhatcheriesinthestate.JamieMurphyprovidedanoverviewofTacomaPower’shatcheryprogramandoperations.EricShoblomansweredquestionsastohowthehatcheryisdesignedtohelpmeetprogramgoals.Participantswherethenallowedtotourthefacilityandobserveoperationsasadultsspawned.ThenextstopwasCowlitzFallsDamwhereChrisFoster
discussedtheCowlitzFallsNorthShoreCollector,someoftheuniquedesignfeaturesandsomeofthechallengesassociatedwithoperatingacollectoratafacilityoperatedbyaneighboringutility.Christhenleadatourandparticipantswereallowedfullaccesstoobserveoperations.
TerresterialTourTheTerrestrialTourwasledbyEricRussellandCindySwanbergandprovidedanoverviewoftheroughly14,200acreCowlitzWildlifeArea.ThetourstartedattheWashingtonDepartmentofFishandWildlife(WDFW)officeinMortonwheretheCowlitzWildlifeAreahostedatalkbywildlifescientistNicholleStephensonthefisherreintroductionwhichoccurrednearbyandthestatusofelkhoofdisease.BythenthecloudshadliftedandthefirsttourstopwasthetopofDogMountain,awell-knownhang-gliderlaunchofferingwideviewsofRiffeLake.ThereTacomaPowerleddiscussionsabouttheWildlifeSettlementAgreementafternearly25yearsofexperienceandthechallengesposedbythenewlowerlevelofRiffeLake.ThegroupjoinedtheAquaticTourinTacoma’sTaidnapamParkforlunch.Theremainingtimewasspentatthe
PetermanHillUnitoftheCowlitzWildlifeAreadiscussingforestmanagement.Someparticipantstookashorthikeonthetrailwhereitisrumoredabananaslugwassighted!
APBDinnerBanquet–
AfterafulldayspenttouringtheCowlitzRiverHydroelectricProject,thedayculminatedwiththeannualAPBdinnerbanquetatMcMenaminsOlympicClubindowntownCentralia,WA.
ThursdayAugust31st
Presentations NathanZorich-USArmyCorpsofEngineers
EvolutionofmechanicallampreycountersinLampreyPassageStructuresMattPeter-TacomaPower
CowlitzOperationSpill–TotalDissolvedGas
MeetingAwards
TheawardforbestpresentationwasgiventoKyleTidwellforhispresentationonpinnipedmonitoringatBonnevilleDam.
ThebowlingtrophywasawardedtoKyleMundy(TacomaPower).KyleclaimedthetitlebybowlingthehighestsinglegameaverageinAPBmemory(240)andthehighesttwogameaverageof170.ThelowsinglegamescorewasbowledbyMagieDavidwitha44,whilethelowtwogameaveragewasbowledbyErinKovalchuckwith60.
BusinessMeeting–Friday,October9thPresidentDanCramercalledthebusinessmeetingtoorderfollowingtheconclusionofthepresentationsonFriday.OrdersofBusinessOldBusiness
Reviewofthe2016MeetingMinutes:SecretaryMattBleichreadexcerptsfromthe2016meetingminutes(HostedbyPacifiCorp,Vancouver,WA)tothegroup.Themeetingminuteswereapproved.
NewBusiness
1. TreasuryReport:DanCramerpresentedtheTreasuryReportatthemeeting.Thereportisincludedinthemeetingminutesbelow.
a. APBcarriedoverabalanceof$2,199.94fromthe2016meeting.TotalexpensesforAPBin2017were$5,810.00.Themeetingcostandannualbusinessexpensesweresharedamong48attendeeswhopaidaregistrationfeeof$65andacash
sponsorshipfromEdisonElectricalInstituteintheamountof$4,000.Afterthecompletionofthe2017meetingtheAPBtreasurybalancewas$3,445.20.
b. LitehouseTechnology,LLCcontinuedtodothewebsitehosting.Totalwebsitefeesfortheyearwere$40.34fortheannualGoDaddydomainrenewalfeeand$280.00toLithouseTechnologyforadministrativecosts.
2. Candidate/NewMembers:DanCramerreadthelistofallcandidate/newmembers whosubmittedcompletedapplications.
a. CandidateMembersdeclaredfor2017:
i. SeanMoura–HawaiianElectricCompany.EmployedbyHawaiianElectricCompanyfor2.5years.WillbeeligibleforfullmembershipfollowingattendanceatfirstAPBmeeting.
ii. FredGoetz–USACE.EmployedbyUSACEfor25years.Willbeeligiblefor
fullmembershipfollowingattendanceatfirstAPBmeeting.
iii. EricShoblom–TacomaPower.EmployedbyTacomaPowerfor1year,10months.FirstAPBmeetingattended.Willbeeligibleforfullmembershipin2018.
2017ConferenceBalanceSheet
Description Debit Credit Balance2016CarryOver $2,199.94 EEIContribution $4,000.00 RegistrationFees $3,055.00 GoDaddyFee $40.34 Bowling&Refreshments $753.25 HolidayInnMeetingRoom $649.20 MeetingRefreshments(Tues) $218.60 MeetingRefreshments(Thurs) $148.19 PayPalfees $61.32 Banquet $2,543.32 TourSnacks $52.00 TourLunch $915.82 Litehouse(webhosting) $280.00 Awards $147.96
Interest $0.26
TOTAL $5,810.00 $9,255.20 $3,445.20
b. FullMembersdeclaredfor2017:
i. JasonSchilling–DouglasCountyPUD.InattendanceforhissecondAPB
conferenceandacceptedforfullmembership.
ii. SummerPeterman–PacifiCorp.InattendanceforhersecondAPBconferenceandacceptedforfullmembership.
iii. ClareKeane–PG&E.EmployedbyPG&Efor7years.Acceptedforfullmembership.
iv. GinaMorimoto–PG&E.EmployedbyPG&Efor8.5years.Acceptedfor
fullmembership
v. RachaelPoston–SouthernCaliforniaEdison.EmployedbySouthernCaliforniaEdisonfor6years.Acceptedforfullmembership
vi. KaitlinSchnell–USACESeattle.EmployedbytheUSACEfor3years.
Acceptedforfullmembership.
vii. KyleTidwell–USACE.EmployedbyUSACEfor2.5years.Acceptedforfullmembership.
viii. ChristopherNoyes–TacomaPower.EmployedbyTacomaPowerfor2
years.Acceptedforfullmembership.
ix. ErinLowery–SeattleCityLight.EmployedbySeattleCityLightfor3years.Acceptedforfullmembership.
3. Hostofthe2018Meeting:Therewasadiscussionaboutpossiblehostutilitiesin2018.
PotentialutilitiesdiscussedwerePGE’sClackamasRiverProjectandSouthernCaliforniaEdison.RachaelPoston(SouthernCaliforniaEdison)indicatedthatSouthernCaliforniaEdisonwouldbewillingtohost.ItwasdecidedthatSouthernCaliforniaEdisonwouldhostthemeeting.
4. OfficerNominationsandElections:RachaelPoston(SouthernCaliforniaEdison)was
nominatedbyDanCramer.Rachael’selectionwasdiscussedbythegroupandshewasunanimouslyvotedinasAPBsecretary/treasurer.CongratulationsRachael!
5. SpecialAcknowledgements:The2017APBOfficerswouldliketothankTacomaPower
forhostingthisyear’smeeting.APBwouldalsoliketothankoutgoingPresident/Treasurer,DanCramer,forallhisworkfortheorganizationoverthelastthreeyears.WewouldalsoliketoextendaveryspecialthankyoutoSarahBalloftheEdisonElectricInstituteforEEI’sgenerouscontributionof$4,000.ThiswasSarah’s6thyearof
providingtheAPBgroupwithfunding.ThisfundingkeepscostdownforattendeesandgreatlyimprovestheplanningprocessfortheAPBofficers.
We look forward to seeing everyone in 2018! ASSOCIATION OF POWER BIOLOGISTS
2018 Officer Contacts
Chris Karchesky President PacifiCorp 105 Merwin Village Ct. Ariel, WA 98603 (360) 225-4432 [email protected]
Matt Bleich Vice President Tacoma Power 3628 S. 35th St Tacoma, WA 98409 (253) 502-8794 [email protected] .wa.us
Rachael Poston Secretary/Treasurer Southern California Edison 2244 Walnut Grove Ave. GO-Quad2C Rosemead, CA 91770 (626) 260-5024 [email protected]
