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And our watersheds have to have a home for that salmon. And 

 that's been our problem. 



The timber's all cut down, the mismanagement continued to hap- 

 pen. 



We've been managers now for 19 years since the Bolt decision. 

 Nineteen years the Indian people have been managing our re- 

 source, and that's the salmon up there. 



And the phase two part of that decision was the habitat. We're 

 trying to get everybody together in timber, fish and wildlife initia- 

 tives, water initiatives, work together to protect our resource. 



The Indian people, in 1974, there was no salmon. A minimum 

 amount of salmon to manage. We have never gotten above that 

 minimum yet. We're working toward a historical level of manage- 

 ment somewhere in the future of a rebuild of all these stocks, but 

 we're still way down here. 



And so we have many our needs. And we come to Congress and 

 tell that story. 



I want to turn it over to Jim Anderson and Jim Harp. Jim has 

 some reports that we've already made to the United States Con- 

 gress and some reports that are very important that you under- 

 stand who we are, and how we do our business. 



Thank you. 



[Prepared statement of Mr. Frank follows:! 



