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Testimony of the NWIFC February 18, 1993 



on Fish & Wildlife Management Page 7 



Clearly, however, with a host of problems coming from many directions (salmon 

 have to swim through every conceivable ownership in their migration), cooperative 

 management must be followed. And, it is the way we have gone for the past eight 

 years. 



Timber-Fish-Wildlife Process 



In addition to the U.S. -Canada Treaty mentioned earlier, the Timber-Fish-Wildlife 

 (TFW) Process is one of the most well known co-management-related efforts, which 

 brought together previously warring factions of the state, timber industry, tribes, and 

 environmental organizations. The process changed forest practice rules governing 

 state and private timber harvest and management. It established a forum for all 

 parties, including the tribes, to meet and worl< out differences. It also created a 

 scientific committee charged with arriving at the "scientific truth," and the 

 commitment to adapt forest management practices to the truth. Much has been said 

 about this process over the past several years, but the principal philosophy of TFW 

 demonstrates a truth we must all learn to accept... that people working together 

 accomplish worthwhile things, while people fighting one another create waste and 

 further hostility. 



Watershed Planning 



Cooperation in fisheries management has also been evident through regional 

 watershed planning. An example is the Watershed Planning Process, which has 

 called for the production of Comprehensive Resource Management Plans for every 

 basin in the U.S. v. Washington case area. Joint management plans for each 

 watershed are now in various stages of development. Harvest management, 

 production and habitat restoration and protection measures are critical elements in 

 each of these plans. Through the exchange of information and technology, as well 

 as eggs and broodstock, the state and the tribes have made great progress in 

 cooperative enhancement over the years. 



Long Live the Kings and Nisqually Task Force 



Some efforts, such as Long Live The Kings (which is having a positive impact in the 

 Gray's Harbor region), and the Nisqually Task Force (which has helped keep the 

 Nisqually River one of the most habitable rivers in the region) have, in fact, focussed 

 on individual watersheds. These efforts, and others like them, are initiatives by the 

 tribes and interested parties to solve problems and find solutions on the ground, in 

 individual watersheds. 



Chelan Water Resources Planning Process 



It was clear from the beginning of cooperative management that water would 

 eventually be a key link in the process. The health of fish, wildlife, vegetation and 



