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HABITAT RESTORATION WILL TAKE TIME AND COMMITMENT. 



Changes are needed to improve protection and management of 

 watersheds and Pacific anadromous fish habitat management in 

 certain areas. Priorities will be established to maintain 

 habitats that are in good condition and restore habitats in 

 degraded watersheds. More and better information is needed on 

 the watersheds under our care, and careful monitoring of how the 

 watersheds respond to management activities will be required. 

 It is important to be cognizant of the fact that regardless of 

 how well we do our job, or how aggressive and proactive we are 

 in our management programs, habitat restoration will take time. 

 After restoration projects are completed, we can expect nature 

 to take 10 to 60 years for the healing process to result in 

 marked improvements in habitat condition. Improvement will 

 occur, but it will take time for the watersheds to respond to 

 treatment and changes in management programs . 



THE FOREST SERVICE IS READY TO DO ITS PART. 



The Forest Service is committed and ready to do its part in 

 providing habitat capable of supporting the recovery of listed 

 fish stocks, and in providing the protection necessary to 

 prevent the need to list other sensitive stocks in the future. 

 Based on information from one of the strongest research units in 

 the world, we have better knowledge of what is needed to provide 

 for good fisheries habitat, and how to develop watershed 



