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practices for the benefit of salmon, and the Council adopted the provisions of these 

 agreements into the Strategy for Salmon. The Council worked to obtain additional 

 congressional funding for this work, which was provided in the 1992 and 1993 

 appropriation acts. 



Since the original commitments, we have had difficulty obtaining work schedules, 

 funding requirements, or reports of completed actions from the agencies. Without 

 this information, we cannot report progress in habitat management for salmon. 

 Additionally, the Forest Service informed us earlier this year that it will not revise 

 grazing allotment plans to improve salmon protection, even though the agency 

 committed at the Salmon Summit to do so. 



• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has responsibility for the terms of non- 

 federal hydroelectric power licenses. In 1988, the Council adopted a "protected 

 areas" program specifying reaches of streams and rivers that should not be 

 developed for power generation because of their fish and wildlife values. The 

 Commission has not licensed a generating project in a protected area, although 

 several license applications are pending. The Strategy for Salmon depends on the 

 Commission to enforce specific salmon-protection provisions at five public utility 

 district dams on the mid-Columbia, Condit Dam on the White Salmon River (Pacific 

 Power & Light Company), Brownlee Dam on the Snake River (Idaho Power 

 Company), and the Eugene Water & Electric Board's projects on the McKenzie 

 River in Oregon, among others. 



Implementation by states 



The Council's program relies on significant direction from the state fish and 

 wildlife, land and water agencies. The states play a critical role in implementing the 

 Strategy for Salmon. However, the states have extremely limited resources for their 

 participation in regional coordination activities. Where appropriate, the Council called 

 on Bonneville to fund travel and expenses for state agency participation in the regional 

 planning efforts. 



• The states must fund their own management actions and redirection of programs to 

 support Columbia River salmon rebuilding programs. These activities have lagged, 

 most significantly in developing specific rebuilding targets for weak salmon stocks 

 and adopting hatchery and harvest policies to protect them. The Council believes 

 additional federal assistance is warranted so that the states can productively work on 

 coordinated regional policies for the Columbia River stocks. The legal standards 



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