The deal between Canada and the U.S. over the flow of the mighty Columbia River underwent its latest round of negotiations in Kelowna this week.
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May 19, 2023 - 3:30 PM
The deal between Canada and the U.S. over the flow of the mighty Columbia River underwent its latest round of negotiations in Kelowna this week.
Negotiators met in Kelowna on May 16 and 17. The two countries first agreed to the Columbia River Treaty in 1961.
As the treaty is being renegotiated, topics discussed in Kelowna included hydropower operation planning; Canada’s desire for greater flexibility into treaty dam operations; incorporating input from Indigenous communities; enhancing ecological health and the ongoing salmon reintroduction studies; and flood-risk management in the U.S., according to a release from B.C.’s Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
This week’s meetings in the Okanagan were the 17th round of negotiations.
Following the negotiations, delegations from both countries toured the kl cp??lk? stim? Hatchery near Penticton and participated in a sockeye salmon release ceremony by the Syilx Okanagan Nation.
“These events gave both teams the chance to learn about efforts being led by the Okanagan Nation Alliance and U.S. Tribes to restore the historical range and abundance of sockeye salmon in the upper Okanagan watershed, Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake systems,” the release says.
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