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key link to moving towards an overall 

 ecosystems management strategy on the 

 Olympic Peninsula. This program began through 

 the passage of Public Law 101-452, the Chehalls 

 River Basin Fisheries Resources Study and 

 Restoration Act, which required the Director of 

 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to undertake a 

 comprehensive study of the fisheries resource 

 and habitat of the Chehalis River Basin, develop 

 goals, including recommending actions to 

 maximize the restoration and conservation of the 

 fisheries resource, and to report the various 

 findings to Congress. 



I am pleased that the Chehalis River study is 

 complete, and now it is time to move forward 

 with on the ground restoration efforts. For 

 FY1994, $775,000 is provided through the 

 House version of the Interior Appropriations bill 

 to carry out restoration activities on the Chehalis 



