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In coming years we could expect to see restoration proposals from a wide spectrum of 

 the community, including those who wish to remove log jams on the south tork of the 

 Ghehalls River in the upper watershed; Install In-stream gtructurcg in the Black RJvor 

 to Improve water flow, re-create pools and riffles, and dean out spawning gravel; 

 ftat W"" ■""* ry«?«t»f > rep>" "*■»" bonis on the main-stem Chehalis River; and 

 much much more. 



Because of the study that has already bean completed by the US. Fish & Wildlife 

 Service, we are in a pocmon to propel forward with this valuable work The Chehalis 

 Fisheries Resource Restoration Program can and will become a modal for further 

 restoration efforts that are envisioned for the Olympic Peninsula and other areas of 

 Washington State. 



The value of those restoration efforts can be measured by the number of salmon they 

 will protect and produce, by the numerous Jobs that win be provided for displaced 

 timber workers and others In severely Impacted tlmhar communities, by the duality of 

 our environment which they will perpetuate, and by many ether tangible and cignlfleant 

 factors; but I ask you to consider the greatest factor - the sense of stewardship that is 

 bom tn the citizens and communities who will undertake this priceless work through 

 their own initiative and sweat, reshaping their sense of reality and priorities, as they 

 pilot their own destinies. 



Thank you. I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. 



