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Section 7 — Coordinated Implementation. Monitoring, and Evaluation 



7.1. A Establishes a Basin Oversight Group to pursue 



(page 79) aggressive implementation of the salmon program 

 (Council lead). 



No information has been received from the Council as to organization and 

 meeting schedule of the Basin Oversight Group. However, Reclamation 

 participated in a Salmon Strategy Progress Review conference conducted by the 

 Council in April 1993. 



Contact: Fred Crase 



7.1.B.2 Expand the implementation planning process to include 

 (page 80) land and water managers, and others, and prepare an 

 annual implementation work plan (BPA lead). 



No information has been received from BPA as to the organization and meeting 

 schedule of the implementation planning process. 



Contact: Bob Riley 



7.8 Accept and evaluate promising new ideas for improving 

 (page 85) salmon survival (Reclamation co-lead). 



Background: Reclamation has been, and will remain, receptive to promising new 

 ideas for improving salmon survival. For example. Reclamation has worked with 

 the Environmental Defense Fund to explore new methods of purchasing water for 

 flow augmentation and is participating on the Snake River Basin Water 

 Committee to identify new sources and methods of obtaining flow augmentation 

 water. In addition, several new river operation ideas for improving salmon 

 survival were evaluated as part of the 1993 ESA consultations on operation of 

 the FCRPS with NMFS— several changes to river operations during 1993 were made 

 as a result of these evaluations. 



Recent Activity: Reclamation cooperated with several entities to release 

 additional water to improve flows in the lower Snake River during the late 

 fall Chinook juvenile outmigration from the Clearwater River in August (see 

 discussion under measure 3.2). 



Contact: Fred Crase 



Section 8 — Mitigation of Adverse Effects 



8 Develop a mitigation plan including recommendations 



(page 88) to, and financing assistance from. Federal agencies 



(Council lead). 



Background: The Council released a staff discussion paper in April 1992 

 entitled "Survey of Economic Impacts of Council Salmon Protection Enhancement 

 Measures" which identified some of the areas of economic impact associated 

 with the Council's program. A second report summarizing public comment on the 



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