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 June 27, 1994 

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Fisheries Service are that they will rapidly convert the team's recommondations 

 Into a draft recovery plan and circulate It for review. We are all anxious to have 

 an adopted recovery plan In hand, but both substance and timing of the document 

 are critical. The previous Jeopardy standard for Snake River salmon used by 

 NMFS has been rejected in federal court. A revised Jeopardy standard and 

 actions to achieve such a revised standard are therefore presently under 

 development and are expected to be assembled by this fall. It would be wise tor 

 NMFS to integrate the information and analysis from that process Into a draft 

 recovery plan before circulating It for public review, and we urge NMFS to do so. 



The State of Oregon remains committed to recovery of SnaKe River salmon and 

 to the restoration of salmon runs throughout the Columbia Baeln. We have and 

 will continue to provide our information, expertise, and support to such efforts. I 

 share the senae of urgency held by many others but I also believe that we must 

 do this job to the best of our wisdom and ability. We can not afford a recovery 

 plan which Is only partially complete. Let's finish the Job. 



Thank you for your interest and your support. 



Sincerely, 



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cc: Senator Mark O. Hatfield 

 Senator Bob Packwood 

 Representative Elizabeth Furse 

 Representative Ron Wyden 

 Representative Peter DeFazio 

 Representative Mike Kopetskl 

 Representative Bob Smith 

 Governor Mike Lowry 

 Governor Cecil Andrus 

 Doug Hall. NOAA 

 Gary Smith, NMFS, Seattle 

 Ed Sheets, Northwest Power Piannlna Council 

 Ted Hallock, Angus Duncan • NWPPC Oregon 

 Rod Ingram, ODFW 



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