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will the Recovery Plan lead to recovery of these stocks? 

 First, the Recovery Plan is experimental; it must be treated as a 

 scientific experiment and is therefore uncertain. Secondly, we 

 know for certain that without a plan the region is unable, on its 

 own, to solve this complex and integrated problem. 

 B. Question # 2: 



Other existing proposals that would increase the likelihood 

 of recovery are Pacfish and FEMAT. They establish habitat 

 conditions that would maintain the productive capacity of 

 salmonids on federal lands. We need to expand these proposals to 

 include non-federal lands. Oregon's wild fish policy could also 

 assist in recovery especially if this policy were adopted and 

 implemented by other states in the region. For example, the state 

 of Washington is developing a Wild Salmon Policy. These state 

 policies aimed at recovery measures for wild salmon and trout 

 populations will help to recover a multitude of populations that 

 are already in the ESA pipeline. The Power Council's Strategy 

 For Salmon should be incorporated into the Recovery Plan, 

 especially section 6.2a which deals with the recovery of natural 

 salmon populations. 



Other actions that should be taken include the following: 



1. Develop a national policy for the conservation of native 

 fish fauna diversity. 



2. Cause each hatchery operating with federal funds to comply 

 with the National Environmental Policy Act. All hatcheries 

 should be licensed so that periodic public review is 

 provided. 



3. Implement enforcement and monitoring of non-point pollution 

 standards. 



4. Reauthorize the Magnuson Fishery Conservation Act to 

 specifically address meeting standards to provide spawner 

 escapement to maintain the productive capacity of each 

 stock, and thereby the salmon resource as a whole. 



3. Restructure hydro dam mitigation to fund biological 



inventory and habitat protection rather than replace wild 



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