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been petitioned. The American Fishery Society has identified 214 

 salmonid stocks as being at risk. 



The importance the Fish and Wildlife Service assigns to the 

 stewardship of the Nation's fishery resources is reflected in our 

 ongoing programs. These include: 



o Fish husbandry — through our 17 National Fish Hatchery 

 facilities and 4 fish health laboratories; 



o Habitat restoration and technical assistance — through our 

 Fisheries and Ecological Services field offices; 



o Research support — from the Service's Seattle laboratory and 

 through cooperative education and research programs at 5 

 universities in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; 



o Funding and administering the Lower Snake River Compensation 

 Plan; and 



o Direct financial support of States programs through Sport Fish 

 Restoration Act funds. 



This broad array of Service-led activities is extensively aligned 

 with State, Tribal, private, and other Federal cooperators who 

 share responsibility for Pacific salmonids. 



A number of ongoing efforts highlight the activities of the Service 

 to help reverse the decline of the salmon stocks. In California's 

 Klamath and Trinity Rivers, specific legislation directs the 

 Secretary of Interior to implement measures to restore the 

 anadromous fish and fish habitats of these basins. Like many of 

 the salmon and steelhead trout rivers in the West, these systems 

 have suffered through a long history of human-induced and natural 

 impacts that have led to drastic declines in fish stocks. What 

 makes these restoration efforts effective is that the activities 

 are guided by advisory committees with members from Federal, State, 

 Tribal, county, and private entities. 



While the Fish and Wildlife Service is the lead agency within 



