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 on all activities that may affect the listed salmon stocks. 

 Consultation for these basins is anticipated to be concluded by 

 the Spring of 1994. The general philosophy under which the FS 

 is carrying out consultation is that we have made an initial 

 determination on the effects of all ongoing and proposed 

 actions. Those ongoing actions which were determined to be "no 

 effect," or "not likely to adversely affect" are being 

 continued, provided no irreversible or irretrievable commitment 

 of resources are made. Any actions that were determined to 

 "likely to adversely affect" were either modified to reduce the 

 determination to "not likely to adversely affect," or 

 suspended. All new actions proposed by the FS require that 

 consultation be concluded prior to the action being taken. The 

 FS has requested formal consultation by NMFS for all "may 

 affect" actions in the Snake River Basin. 



WILL THE PRESIDENT'S FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PACIFIC 

 NORTHWEST, ANNOUNCED JULY 1, IMPACT THE RESTORATION OF SALMON 

 POPULATIONS, AND IF SO, HOW? 



The Report of the Forest Ecosystem Management As sessment Team, 

 Chapter 5, discusses at-risk fish species and stocks in 

 relationship to 10 options developed to reverse the trend of 

 habitat degradation on Federal lands, and begin a process of 

 recovery of the aquatic ecosystems on those lands. The 

 scientists concluded that management of Federal habitat, in 

 compliance with the preferred alternative (Option 9) does not 

 directly correspond to a population viability of all the 

 effected species. This is due in part to the impacts or 



