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TBSTIMOIrt OF VICTOR W. KacZYMSKI, Ph.D. 



RELATIVE TO THE HSAOHATCRS PORKST ACT AND TESTIM0R3; OP PfiT&R B. 

 HOJLE (H.R. 2866) 



Qualifications: I am a practicing fisheries scientist with 24 

 years of professional experience with salmonid issues in the 

 Pacific Northwest. J have been a senior author on three major 

 reports that have emalyzed «md described the reasons for salmonid. 

 declines iu northern California, Oregon and Washington States, i 

 began my professional career as an Assistant Professor at the 

 University of Washington, working with the feeding behavior and 

 ecology of salmon in Pugei;. Sound. Z have been a consultant and 

 applied researcher since 1972. In northern California, I was the 

 project manager of the Klamath Basin fisheries management and 

 restoration plan which became federal law with a 20 year funded 

 recovery plan (for the U.S. Department of the Interior, 1985). 1 

 was also a consultant to Simpson Timber Company, Miller Redwood 

 Company, Louisiana Pacific, Sierra Pacific Industries, the 

 California Forest Protective Association, the City of Redding, 

 and the Glen Colusa Irrigation District in the region. All of 

 these projects involved salmonid problems evaluation and most 

 involved the development of solutions to these problems. I was 

 also a consultant to the United States Fish and wildlife Service 

 on the identification and mapping of all major wetlands in 

 Northern California. 



This testimony comments and ea:pands on the testimony of Professor 

 Peter B. Hoyle dated 7 October, 1993. 



The essence of Professor Hoyle 's testimony can be boiled down to 

 four main points: 



1. Relatively good remaining salmonid habitat is on forest 

 lands. The rest is relatively degraded. 



2. Relatively very good salmonid habitat occurs in old. 

 growth forest. 



3. Dretinages where heavy logging occurred in the past are 

 relatively less good than undisturbed forest stream 

 habitat . 



4. Logging and reading in headwater areas will create 

 excess sediment. This will impact all downstream 

 habitats . 



Comments follow on the above points: 



la. Forest stream habitat today is in the best relative 



condition. Downstream habitat has been badly damaged. 

 This is true. No comparable best management practices 

 exist: to protect agricultural or urban stream areas as 

 in forested areas. This is the reason preservation 

 groups are strongly pushing to "save" what is left- 

 Bowever, the potential for restoration and benefit is 



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