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with the National Marine Fisheries Service's 1993 Biological Opinion and the 

 Recovery Plan, due in late summer. 



BPA's contract activity with State and Federal fish and wildlife agencies and 

 Tribes results in funding that directly supports the work of other fish and 

 wildlife biologists. BPA is in the process of the identifying the number of 

 technical experts, including biologists, that are supported by BPA contracts as 

 part of the Function by Function Review that is currently in progress. 



