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COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION 



729 N.E. Oregon, Suite 200. Portland. Oregon 97232 Telephone (503) 238-0667 



Fax (503) 235-4228 



TESTIMONY OF 



TED STRONG 



EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 



COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION 



BEFORE TIIE 



COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES 



UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



AUGUST 10, 1993 



Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee and thank you for providing us 

 with the opportunity to talk to you today. My name is Ted Strong and I am the Executive 

 Director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. The Commission was founded 

 by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, the Nez Perce Tribe, the 

 Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of the 

 Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and is governed by the tribes' fish and wildlife 

 committees. The Columbia River treaty tribes appreciate your Committee's concern for Pacific 

 salmon and its continuing interest in the role of the tribes in salmon protection and recovery. 

 We especially appreciate the understanding you have demonstrated by the questions you asked 

 and we trust that our responses, included with this testimony as an appendix, will assist the 

 Committee in restoring Pacific salmon to west coast rivers and streams. 



