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of hpanan bufifer zooes of specified dimmsions aloog salmoo spawning and reanng 

 sacams, reiated protecdoo of subcending drainages, and eliminatioa of tncrea.sed sediment 

 lad wMcr temperanire impacts from road building, logging, and grazing or critical 

 waienneds. 



CRA Posisiom: The CM si^iparts ejSbrts lo enhtwtce habitat areas aid oitr members have 

 II— iriiif lo /wqq However, the Bnxm Pkm's mohta \wm on resource expkmanon \*ill 

 only mdermune metrmgfiti efforts for kabtua enhtmcemenL Regulatory, broad 

 t ^jfwvoLh e s ere not effearve or effidem. Cooperative approaches with local landow7}ers 

 aid laid mKMtagers is the best epproach. 



Hatcbery Improveaeats: 



'Tfec Reeevery Team beOeves that hatchery objectives and operations must be aixicaUy 

 \d retisei yvkerv necessary to assist, not impede, natural salmon productivity. " 



Q The Team r f« i«iim^tw<t that the management agenaes and tnbal authorities immediately 

 uaden^ce devetopoeot of a coordinaxed regioDal plan and program fcr use of arti£aal 

 propaganoo in support of recovery of ESA-listed salmon stocks and salmooid stocks 

 considered at risk. 



^ The Team r m-m t tnttiA* required minimum health standards for hattfaery smott 

 productiao, increased smoh viability' standards not productioo numbers, and shifting 

 productiaa goals of selected hatcheries to cooservatioD-directed objectives. 



CRA Posaiom - The CRA agrees with the Sevan plan. 



River Flow Augmeatatioa: 



'Ther e gia m has beam engaged im the poGtical process of negotiating increasing water budget 

 iwiuMBKS jnoe tke first wmer bmdget was adopted by the Council in 19S2...Because there is 

 a lack efiirfanmatiam on wUek to base a sdenx^ decision on the size and timing of the water 

 bmdget reieases that will marimizf salmon survival, the Team adopts the SPPCs water budget 

 I ah ail J imehided in the 'Strategy for Salmon, " 1992 as a starting point in detenmning the 

 amtount irf water needed. ' 



iJ The Team suggests that the 1993 NK*C water budget-6.S to 9 5 MAF sliding scale-be 

 used as a starting point, but fiirtber the Team suggests that the increased w^ter budget 

 vainmnes devdopnl by NMFS in the 1 994-1 998 Biologi cal OpinioQ(l 0-11 MAF) be used 

 ovo' the next five years to test the changes in survival rates resulting from the proposed 

 increase in water volummes. NMFS and the SOC should monitor the effectiveness. 



3 Within the Snalce River, the Team recommends flow au gm e ntat ion to improve Ln-river 

 survival to the four primary smc't coUectioo and transpottatiao fiKilities. 



^ NMFS should forBulaie aad conriiia long-range smolt survival studies to determine 

 within-year aiKl between^ev survivals for downstream migraiioiL 



