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This is essentially the current situation with the exception of accountability. Bonneville budgets a certain 

 amount annually for fish and wildlife projects and contracts with the fish and wildlife agencies to 

 implement the projects. There appears to be little oversight and almost no accountability for products 

 or results. With stringent requirements for accountability, this arrangement may be workable and could 

 produce results. 



f) Legislatively creating a new entity or designating an existing t^ency with authority to mandate 



salmon recovery actions; 



The existing system has not yet been successful in recovering salmon, but it can be made to work. A 

 legislative fix is not necessary. The problems can be solved within the existing structure of agencies and 

 institutions. 



ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 



PNUCC wishes to comment on the following "myths of salmon recovery": 



MYTH #1. There is a "silver bullet" that will solve the salmon problem, or "we know what to 

 do, but we're just unwilling to do it." 



The latest silver bullet that is being promoted by some interest groups is more water flows. These groups 

 assume that fish move at the same speed as water and that if fish move faster, more fish will survive. 

 There is no scientific information to support these premises. 



PNUCC September 21. 1993 



