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Interior for implementing this ecosystem approach to fish and fish 

 habitat restoration, the Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land 

 Management have been indispensable partners in the effort. In the 

 Trinity Basin, increased water releases have been obtained from 

 Lewiston Reservoir and the State operated Trinity River Hatchery 

 has been modernized. Many habitat improvement projects such as 

 bank feathering and the development of spawning and rearing habitat 

 in the mainstem and tributary streams have been completed. In the 

 Klamath River Basin, local groups who craft specific restoration 

 measures are encouraged to incorporate ecosystem and watershed 

 restoration techniques. 



An excellent example of a cooperative, ecosystem-based approach to 

 fishery resource restoration has really just begun in Washington's 

 Chehalis River Basin, with much credit due to the interest and 

 efforts of Representative Unsoeld and her staff. In Fiscal Year 

 1993, a total of 18 habitat restoration and public awareness 

 projects are being conducted under cooperative agreements to begin 

 the restoration of anadromous salmonid stocks in the Chehalis River 

 Basin. 



Another program that has worked well is the Lower Snake River 

 Compensation Plan authorized by the Water Resources Development Act 

 of 1976. A unique aspect of this legislation was that fishery 

 mitigation costs are paid for by the power users of the northwest. 

 The program has gained wide acceptance by the involved States and 

 this funding mechanism has proved effective in the timely 

 completion of mitigation facilities. 



The Fish and Wildlife Service is an active partner with other fish 

 and wildlife agencies and the Tribes in working to increase the 

 survival of juvenile and adult salmon during migration, restoring 

 essential fish habitat, recommending appropriate management of 

 fisheries harvest, design and operation of fish passage facilities 

 and stream flow management, and producing high quality hatchery 

 fish. Nowhere is this presence more apparent than in the Columbia 

 River, where much of this effort is coordinated through the 

 Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority. Important progress is 

 also made through our participation in decision-making forums like 

 the Pacific Fishery Management Council and the international 



