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The Salmon River. 

 (Photo by Robin Waples) 



Clearculting next to a stream. 

 (Photo by Nick ladanza) 



specified dimensions along salmon spawning and rearing 

 streams, related protection of tributary drainages, and 

 elimination of sediment and water temperature increases 

 created by road building, logging, and grazing on critical 

 watersheds. 



The Salmon Oversight Committee should convene a habitat 

 subcommittee whose role would be to provide coordinated 

 advice, counsel, and information sharing to all groups 

 implementing habitat-affecting actions under the Recovery 

 Plan. One of the first tasks of the Habitat Subcommittee 

 should be to develop a preliminary status assessment of 

 salmon spawning and rearing habitats. Such a study would 

 determine the most urgent protection and restoration 

 priorities. 



The Team commends the objectives defined by Forest 

 Ecosystem Management Assessment Team and by 

 PACFISH for protecting and restoring salmonid spawning 

 and rearing habitat. The Team recommends that habitat 

 restoration actions address the following issues: fish 

 mortality and streamflows at irrigation diversions, salmon 

 habitat degradation caused by animal grazing and stock 

 holding enclosures, water quality and forest practices, 

 existing water quality laws, stream degradation from mining 

 and other non-forestry activities, recreational activities thai 

 may inhibit Snake River salmon propagation and population 

 recovery, water quality conditions throughout the salmon 

 migration corridors, law enforcement, and habitat research 

 and monitoring. 



In addition to the preliminary status assessment, the Habitat 

 Subcommittee should perform detailed inventories and 

 assessments for each subbasin. These assessments may take 

 two to five years to complete and must involve private 

 sector resource users (recreational fishmg and conservation 

 organizations, cattle grazers, farmers, logging interests, 

 etc.). 



Habitat protection and restoration actions intended 

 specifically for sockeye salmon spawning and rearing 

 habitats are also recommended by the Team. Recreational 

 use of the Stanley Basin Lakes should be managed to 

 minimize human impacts on the Snake River sockeye 

 salmon. Barriers to Stanley, Pettit, and Yellow Belly Lakes 

 must be removed or modified. Fertilization experiments in 

 the Stanley Basin Lakes should be conducted. 



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