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Table 1: WATERSHED RESTORATION AND NATURALLY-SPAWNING SALMON 



POPULATIONS - KEY POINTS 



Ecological health of Pacific Northwest riverine corridors is declining. 



Existing state and federal land management practices will continue the incremental 

 decline in watershed health and fish populations. 



Effective management requires an ecosystem perspective to restore and maintain 

 the ecological vitality of riverine systems. This perspective includes all organisms, 

 not just salmonids. 



Ecologically effective riparian management zones extend up the drainage network 

 into non-fish bearing streams. This does not exclude some commodity extraction. 

 as appropriate knowledge and technologies are developed. 



There is an urgent need for a Pacific Northwest regional initiative or center for 

 watershed management which transcends political barriers, institutional structures, 

 and philosophical approaches and disciplines. 



There are substantial economic and social benefits to managing rivers on a 

 watershed basis that accrue directly to human populations and the environment. 



