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overall strategy will emerge in which the key 

 Issues of watershed analysis, restoration, and 

 monitoring will all be adequately addressed. It is 

 clear that appropriate watershed analysis is 

 needed to select the most critical areas to carry 

 out the work. The restoration work itself is the 

 key to reversing the problem on the ground. 

 Finally, there has to be a significant degree of 

 monitoring of the health of the watershed 

 ecosystem to ensure that the progress of actions 

 taken is maintained. 



In addition to the clear ecological benefits of 

 habitat restoration and ensuring the viability of 

 salmon populations, I am pleased that the 

 Initiation of a comprehensive watershed 

 restoration strategy will create over 7,000 fam ily 

 wage jobs in the Region, and in rural timber- 

 dependent communities where they are needed 

 most. 



