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Service (USFS) and National Park Service during pre-licensing 

 consultation of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)- 

 regulated hydroelectric projects. NMFS also comments on U.S. 

 Army Corps of Engineers Public Notices relating to discharges in 

 U.S. waters pursuant to CWA, Section 404, proposed projects on 

 public lands. 



Examples of recent actions include the review of timber sales in 

 the Willamette and Siskiyou national forests; review of proposed 

 mining activities in the Siskiyou, Challis, Payette, and Salmon 

 national forests; and involvement in FERC licensing actions in 

 Olympic National Park, and Mt. Hood, Payette, Nez Perce, 

 Clearwater, Challis, and Boise national forests. 



With respect to those anadromous species most at risk, NMFS has 

 developed an active process for involving the public in the 

 listing and recovery process under the ESA. Following year-long 

 biological status reviews and input by the public, NMFS 

 determined in November 1991, that the Snake River sockeye run was 

 endangered, and in April 1992, that Snake River fall and 

 spring/ summer chinook runs were threatened. 



NMFS is currently consulting on a wide range of activities that 

 affect species listed under the ESA. We are working closely 

 with all relevant Federal agencies to conduct these consultations 

 in an organized manner, addressing broad activities, where 



