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ATTACHMENT A: 



EXCERPTS FROM COMMENTS ON SHAKE RIVER 



RECOVERY FLAN RECOMMENDATIONS 



(December 1993) 



Governor Barbara Roberts. Oregon 



I. [I]t is disappointing to find that the current draft metkes 

 choices and recommendations that do not reflect an 

 assessment of the likelihood of success or risk of failure 

 of those choices, p 1. 



II. [B]ased on available data we could not, and should not, 

 justify defaulting today to transportation as a sole 

 strategy. That is particularly so given the fundamental 

 goal of the Endangered Species Act: to protect the habitat 

 upon which threatened and endangered species depend, which 

 for juvenile migrants is the river, p 1. 



Governor Mike Lowrv. Washington 



III. [B]ecause it was prepared under the authority of the federal 

 Endangered Species Act, the draft recovery recommendations 

 focus only on listed SnzOce River salmon. As a region, we 

 must continue the comprehensive approach to the restoration 

 of the salmon resources of the Columbia River system 

 outlined in the Council's plan, p 2. 



IV. A regional understanding of the relationships between flow 

 and fish survival is central to effective recovery effoirts. 

 While there is disagreement within the region about the 

 precise nature of these relationships, both the Strategy for 

 Salmon and draft recovery recommendations acknowledge that 

 flow augmentation is needed, p 2. 



V. A great strength of the draft recovery recommendations is 

 the recognition of the lack of effective coordination, clear 

 authorities, and timely implementation of fisheries 

 enhancement measures for the Columbia and Snake Rivers. The 

 current systems for fisheries management and implementation 

 of the Council's plans are not working. The transition of 

 recommendations from the Council, through the Bonneville 

 Power Administration to the implementing agencies, needs 

 reform, p 2. 



VI. Many of the recovery strategies identified by the Council 

 and draft recovery recommendations will take years to 

 understand and implement. We must not wait until we have 

 all the answers and everything is in place before moving to 



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