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APPENDIX ONE, BOISE, IDAHO, SEPTEMBER 24, 1993 



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Status of Implementliig the Strategy for Salmon 



September 8, 1993 



September's report reviews continuing Council staff discussions with 

 Bonneville about the inqjlementation of the Fish and Wildlife Program in 1994. In 

 addition, two of the major implementors of the Strategy for Satnon, ihe Bureau of 

 Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, have recently provided the 

 Coimcil overviews on their progress. Finally, the size of the fall Chinook harvest 

 w£is debated within the region diuing the psist month. The Coimcil heard 

 discussion of the issue at its August meeting and has scheduled a presentation 

 fipom the National Marine Fisheries Service at the September meeting in PocateUo. 

 This report summarizes the dispute. 



Bonneville provides budget flexIMHty for salmon measures but continues to 

 defer resident fish and wildlife measures. 



After the Bonneville rate decision reduced the fish and wildlife programs for 

 the coming two years. Coimcil staff have continued to meet with Bonneville staff to 

 review the unfunded program meeisures and Bonneville's ability to make 

 adjustments to inq>lement them. Bonneville staff reported that they have some $5 

 million in additional funds to focus on the unfvmded or lagging salmon measures, 

 but continue to insist that implementation of the resident fish £md wildlife 

 meeisiu'es being considered in the Council's phase four amendments must be 

 deferred imtil 1996. Ihe Coimcil is e2q>ected to adopt its final amendments for 

 resident fish and wildlife in October. 



Discussions of the unfunded Strategy for Satnon measures are reviewing 

 the work being performed under existing projects and the potential for addressing 

 some Council measures with existing funds. The talks Qeshed out the projects 

 that must be funded with the additions to Bonneville's bud^t. At the beginning 

 of September, these discussion are not concluded. 



Hie Bureau of Reclamation reported p rogre s s in water conservation 

 activities. 



The Strategy for Salmon set direction for long term impro ve ments in Columbia 

 River basin water use to in^MDve conditions for fish. The Bureau of Reclamation 

 initiated a series of water conservation demonstration programs in Idaho. Oregon. 



