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 salmon populations are also fundamental to fulfilling the federal 

 government's treaty commitments to Tribal governments. 



The Clinton Administration, and the Congress, must develop a 

 set of coordinated strategies to address and correct the causes 

 of the salmon's slide into extinction. The Subcommittee is 

 addressing today one critical issue: the management of salmon 

 habitat on federal lands. However, another essential issue that 

 must not be overlooked in this debate is the management of 

 federal dams and federally licensed dams throughout the 

 Northwest. The most visible example is the system of federal 

 dams on the Columbia / Snake River system. While there is still 

 habitat available to salmon in Idaho, more than 90% of Idaho's 

 salmon are killed by federal dams on the Columbia / Snake. 

 Salmon survival on rivers such as the Rogue, Illinois and Yakima 

 is also threatened by excessive water withdrawals and inadequate 

 flows from federal dams. 



American Rivers has recently completed a comprehensive 

 compilation of the existing planning direction for management of 

 anadromous fish habitat in Forest Service and Bureau of Land 

 Management land management plans throughout the Northwest, 

 Northern California, and Alaska. This project was undertaken in 

 cooperation and with the support of the Forest Service and Bureau 

 of Land Management. 



