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develop a single long-term plan. The Council's program includes the mandate 

 that mid-course corrections will be made as additional information is obtained 

 on salmon needs and on the effectiveness of various measures. Given the 

 significant uncertainties involved, adaptive management is a sensible approach 

 to addressing salmon management problems. 



The Council's program is dependent upon voluntary implementation from a wide 

 variety of Federal agencies, State governments, tribes, local citizens' 

 groups, and others. The Council's authorities are largely limited to the 

 Federal hydropower arena and many of the measures involve programs and 

 entities outside of this arena. To be most effective, the Council's Salmon 

 Strategy must be fully implemented by all involved parties. In addition, th^» 

 monetary requirements to support salmon recovery measures are likely to 

 increase and securing funding will be a greater challenge in the future. 



As to timely implementation of the Council's Salmon Strategy, I can only speak 

 to our own efforts. We are making good progress in planning and Implementing 

 the measures designated for major Reclamation involvement. 



We have implemented the Council's Columbia River flow augmentation program for 

 the past two years, helping to provide a total of 6.45 million acre-feet of 

 water for Columbia River salmon flows each year. In the Snake River basin, we 

 have participated in flood control shifts when feasible and provided 

 additional water for lower Snake River flow augmentation each of the past 

 three years. 



