LOWER COLUMBIA FISH RECOVERY BOARD
The Board
Our 15-member board includes representatives from local governments, the state legislature, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, hydropower operators, environmental and landowner interests, and the public. The Board listens, explores, partners, analyzes, and then writes and coordinates the implementation of plans to restore and manage our water and fish to abundance into the future. Our work is science-based and reflects the aspirations of our region. The plans and their implementation serve as the basis for all fish recovery by all groups seeking federal, state, and private funding for restoration projects and innovative strategies.
2023 Management Board
Todd Olson, Chair
Hydro-Utility Representative
Scott Brummer, Vice Chair
Lewis County Commissioner
Dennis Weber, Secretary-Treasurer
Cowlitz County Commissioner
Dan Cothren
Wahkiakum County Commissioner
Dalton Fry
Marylynne Kostick
Lewis County Citizen
Asa Leckie
Skamania County Commissioner
Troy McCoy
Battle Ground City Council
SW WA Cities Representative
Gary Medvigy
Clark County Councilor
Vacant
State Legislative Representative
Sandra Staples-Bortner
Wahkiakum County Citizen
Robert Sudar
Cowlitz County Citizen and Private Property Designee
Don Swanson
SW WA Environmental Representative
Jade Unger
Clark County Citizen
Del Wilson
Skamania County Citizen
Past Meeting Information
2022 Meetings
March 4 - Meeting Canceled
July 1 - Meeting Canceled
September 2 - Meeting Canceled
October 7 - Meeting Canceled
All meetings are being held virtually and in-person at the LCFRB office at 11018 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver WA 98682.
The LCFRB office is located in a WA State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) building. If you wish to attend a meeting in-person, you must notify LCFRB staff in advance of the meeting.
Board Meetings
Regularly scheduled LCFRB Meetings are the first Friday of the month. Please contact info@lcfrb.gen.wa.us for more information.
2023 Meetings
January 6 - Meeting Canceled
April 7 - Meeting Canceled
May 5 - Meeting Canceled
July 7 - Meeting Canceled
August 4 - Meeting Canceled
October 6 - Agenda, Minutes
November 3 - Meeting Canceled
December 8 -
Presentations from past meetings
LCFRB 2022 Salmon Recovery Grant Round Lessons Learned, November 2022, Amelia Johnson, LCFRB Science Lead
Landowner Engagement and Incentives in Salmon Habitat Restoration and Protection, May 2022, Denise Smee, LCFRB Program Manager
Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Plan- One Year Progress Report Update, April 2022, Amelia Johnson, LCFRB Science Lead
Pinniped Predation in the Lower Columbia River, Kessina Lee, WDFW Southwest Regional Director
Marine Mammal Protection Act and Pinniped Removal Authority, Robert Anderson, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Lower Columbia Intensively Monitored Watershed (IMW): An update on preliminary results and applications, Amelia Johnson, LCFRB Salmon Recovery Specialist
Fish Response to Habitat Treatments in the Lower Columbia IMW Complex, Marisa Litz and Jamie Lampreth, WDFW
Decade at Abernathy: Lessons Learned, Eli Asher Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Bill Norris, P.E., Ecosystem Restoration Services
Landowner Engagement in Salmon Habitat Restoration Projects, Board Member Del Wilson
LCFRB: Celebrating 20 years Working to Recover Salmon, Steelhead & Bull Trout and Improving Watershed Health, Steve Manlow, LCFRB Executive Director