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XXrv. Spring/ summer runs were able to continue productivity 



with 80 percent harvest rates prior to dam construction 

 beginning in the 1930s, 1960s and 1970s for Snake River 

 stocks. Harvest reductions occurred from the mid 1940s 

 to present low levels in response to declining 

 production most likely associated with hydro 

 construction, p 3. 



XXV. Nowhere in the draft recovery plan does the Team discuss the 

 subject of modifying the way the hydrosystem is operated or 

 how Bonneville Power Administration markets power. Both of 

 these actions have a profound effect on seasonal 

 availability of water and could be significantly changed 

 without affecting the system's firm energy load capability. 

 Also, they could be changed without altering the physical 

 structure of dams themselves, p 20. 



XXVI. This section needs to be completely rewritten to 

 clearly state the Teams 's near-term and long-term 

 recommendations for improving downstream passage and 

 their applicability to each of the listed stocks, along 

 with a schedule for implementation of each measure, p 

 20. 



XXVII. The selection by the Recovery Team of an improved 

 collection and transportation program as the preferred 

 means to increase survival of downstream migrants is 

 exceptionally disappointing and appears to be based 

 upon blind faith in future technology rather than logic 

 and scientific reasoning, p 20. 



XXVIII. Another fatal flaw of the "decision tree" is that it 

 utilizes survival to Bonneville without regard to the 

 viability of the survivors. This is incredible 

 considering the discussion of the exceptionally poor 

 smolt to adult survival rates associated with the 

 present transportation program . . . Smolt survival is 

 critical but this survival must carry through to adults 

 on the spawning grounds to accomplish recovery, p 22. 



XXIX. The deletion of John Day drawdown appears to be based 

 upon the assumption of transportation as the means for 

 downstream passage for Snake River stocks . John Day 

 drawdown could provide benefits for in-river migration, 

 particularly for stock of Columbia River origin! Once 

 again the Recovery Team is proposing actions with no 

 specific regard for negative impacts on non-listed 

 stocks, p 24. 



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