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our fish and vwldlife responsibilities. Our efiFectiveness in meeting these 

 responsibilities will help sustain our business advantage and our financial viability, 

 necessary to support our fish and wildlife responsibilities. 



Second, we need to get our customers, state and Federal fish and wildlife 

 agencies, Indian Tribes, the Council, and other interested parties, invested 

 in both Bonneville's financial and biological success. We plan to identify 

 incentives to help guide the $300 million annual investment towards 

 measurable results targeted at weak stocks and increasing numbers of 

 adults returning to the Columbia River. We are interested in examining 

 budgeting options including incentives which reward results and increase 

 funding as Bonneville's competitive position improves. We currently see 

 this option and others being discussed as part of the development of 

 Bonneville's 10-year fish and wildlife implementation plan. 



Third, a program which identifies goals and objectives and produces results 

 will create less divisiveness within the region regarding funding levels. The 

 size of the current expenditures relative to the perceived benefits, along 

 with a sense that the objectives are fi-equently shifting, is a deterrent to 

 robust and widespread constituent support which helps ensure stable 

 funding. 



