During the May/June 2012 community sessions, Columbia River Basin residents told the Columbia River Treaty Review Team that they wanted to fully understand the range of impacts and benefits of the Columbia River Treaty on Basin communities, the Columbia River Basin region, and the Province as a whole.

The Province has engaged a former Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development at Selkirk College to create a ‘snap shot’ of the current state of knowledge of Canadian Columbia River Basin area benefits and impacts arising from the Columbia River Treaty and its associated dams. The review is expected to be complete in time for the public consultation sessions in November and will include a report describing the findings as well as an annotated bibliography listing and describing available information sources. A summary report of the key findings will also be prepared