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Washington has been expended for implementation of habitat en- 

 hancement project under these plans. Additional amounts were ex- 

 pended in California and Idaho. 



The BLM currently is developing a series of resource manage- 

 ment plans to guide our actions on 2.2 million acres of Oregon and 

 California lands in western Oregon. These plans will contain the 

 necessary stipulations, standards, and guidelines to conserve "at 

 risk" stocks of salmon, steelhead and sea-run cutthroat trout. 

 These actions not only will protect fish-bearing streams, but restore 

 channel integrity of non-nsh-bearing intermittent streams. The 

 BLM will strive to incorporate the best scientific information avail- 

 able into the draft RMPs before finalization. Information made 

 available through President Clinton's upcoming Forest Conference 

 will be an important input as to how these are finalized. 



I might add a side comment. We had American Rivers do a study 

 of our effort across the country recently and they gave us a critical 

 critique of our past planning efforts, that they don't adequately 

 cover the fish directions that we need in these plans. So that has 

 been an important activity. And we now see these two plans that 

 I just mentioned as important, to dovetail those closely with the 

 Forest Service activities so that these can be more comprehensive 

 than they have been in the past. We think that is an important 

 step forward. 



The BLM is also addressing the rising concern for the decline of 

 anadromous fish stocks in the Pacific Northwest through a recent 

 revision and expansion of its strategy plan entitled Anadromous 

 Fish Habitat Management and Funding Strategy for the Columbia 

 and Snake River Basins. Full implementation of this plan will dra- 

 matically improve habitat conditions for anadromous fish on BLM 

 lands in the Willamette, Columbia and Snake River Basins. Restor- 

 ing habitat eventually will increase the productive capability for 

 anadromous salmonids on BLM lands, and if other nonhabitat-re- 

 lated problems are solved, more fish will be available for rec- 

 reational, commercial and tribal fishing. Major management ac- 

 tions that will be required include stream inventory, watershed 

 plan development, watershed restoration, monitoring and project 

 maintenance. 



As part of the management approach, we have established show- 

 case areas in each State; demonstration areas are also being used 

 for educational and scientific purposes. We understand that our ef- 

 forts to manage and restore watersheds cannot occur in isolation. 

 That is why we actively participate in ongoing interagency efforts 

 to restore salmon habitat in the Pacific Northwest. Currently, we 

 are updating our National — as I mentioned — the National Marine 

 Fishery Service are part of that effort. 



In 1992, the BLM received a $560,000 congressional add-on for 

 work in the Columbia River Basin. Work has begun on modifying 

 grazing and forestry management plans to address stream im- 

 provement issues. Over the next three years, the BLM will revise 

 175 grazing allotment plans in Oregon, 90 in Washington, and 85 

 in Idaho. Stream improvement work has begun on 57 miles of the 

 Salmon, Willamette, John Day, and Walla Walla Rivers. 



In addition to modifying forestry management plans, the BLM is 

 incorporating fish habitat and watershed improvement practices 



