in the Columbiaj and nullify all of the results of the Grand Coulee fish 

 salvage programs o There are no known suitable lakes and spawning areas 

 for blueback below Priest Rapids and the high quality spring and early 

 sunnner run stocks of salmon produced above this site are much needed 

 in the economy of the Columbia River commercial fisheryo 



The Rocky Reach Dam, which would be located a fevr miles above 

 Wenatchee., would be 65 feet high, and the Chelan Dam to be located 

 just above the mouth of the Chelan River would be approximately 92 

 feet higho These dams have all been proposed and if built would 

 seriously interfere with salmon now spawning above the Wenatchee 

 River and below Grand Coulee Damo 



The Foster Creek or Chief Joseph Dam, as proposed will be 172 

 feet high, and 7ri.ll be located approximately 51 miles below Coulee 

 Damo Since its location is above the mouth of the Okanogan River 

 and it yrill therefore have no effect on the present runs of fishj 

 those interested in salmon conservation on the Columbia have been 

 luianimous in asking that this dam be built before any of the others 

 proposed o 



There are fair runs of spring chinook salmon into the Area IIJ 

 streams with Nason Creek^ the Entiat and Methow rivers receiving the 

 largest number of fisho There are larger runs of summer chinook and 

 small rtins of fall chinook into all of the main streams and onto 

 spawning grounds in the main Columbia as wello Althoiigh it was known 

 that Indians formerly took salmon at spavming areas in the vicinity of 

 White BlijrfSi, and that as early as 1875 salmon were reported to sp^wn 

 on the gravelly beaches of the main river the extent of the utilization 

 of the main Columbia by spawning salmon was not definitely realized until 

 Mo (to Hanavan of the Fish and Wildlife Service made an aerial survey in 

 late October and early November 1946, and counted nearly 1,000 spawning 

 areas in use between the Snake and Okanogan River confluences « Silver 

 salmon formerly ran into several tributaries and were even taken com- 

 mercially near the mouths of the Snake and Yakima Rivers, but there are 

 presently only very small runs into the Yakima and Wenatchee RiT7,erSo Large 

 blueback runs into the Yakima system have been exterminated, and the Wenatchee 

 and Okanogan River Systems produce nearly all of the fish of this species now 

 remaining in the entire Columbia River systemo Steelhead trout ru»s were 

 once very large^ but are now greatly diminished in sizeo 



Practically all of the accessible streams in Area III have besn 

 surveyede From these surveys it is conservatively estimated that there 

 are spawning areas available for approximately 800,000 salmon in tiie 

 tributaries and for at least 300^000 salmon in the main river between 

 Celilo Falls and Grand Coulee Dam. Spawning area for approximately 200,000 

 additional salmon could be provided if sustained summer flows were possible 

 in the tributaries, and removal of minor obstructions would make spawning 

 areas available for over 25„000 moreo 



