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This work was conducted under DA Form 2544 agreement (ES6910080 

 and ES6920068) . The Corps provided funding ($828,100 of which 

 $262,788 was for the ODFW subcontract and $109,838 was for equip- 

 ment) in 1991. 



The BPA participated as a cooperating funding agency beginning in 

 March 1992, and contributed $294,000 (Interagency Agreement DE- 

 AI79-92BP41843 ) for accomplishment of two system objectives 

 (evaluate effect of zero nighttime flow; radio track adult fish 

 past Lower Granite Dam to spawning grounds) and shared partial 

 costs for radio ta<_s for the 19S2 study year. The Corps provided 

 $780,018, of which $433,361 went to ODFW s subcontract for their 

 work performance. Note that there are additional costs incurred 

 by the Corps for this study, such as purchase of radio tags, and 

 costs to operate fish counting at Little Goose (through Washing- 

 ton Department of Wildlife) . These costs are in addition to the 

 ICFWRU and ODFW study costs. 



The BPA provided $304,420 in March 1993 for the 1993 study year. 

 These funds contributed support for the same objectives noted in 

 the previous paragraph. The Corps provided the remaining funding 

 ($334,961, of which $187,520 was equipment [to be retained by 

 Corps upon completion of study]). The 1993 draft report is not 

 yet available. 



4. The fifth report referenced in the Sierra Club letter (lines 

 1-3, p. 3) is not a Corps of Engineer funded study, and we have 

 no information available on that study. 



5. The letter references any other contracts in which Dr. Bjornn 

 has played a role. The Walla Walla District has had other re- 

 search work conducted by Dr. Bjornn (Survival of Chinook Salmon 

 Sroolts as Related to Stress at Dams and Smolt Quality, 1984-87) . 

 Funding for this effort ranged between $7,000 to $9,400, annual- 

 ly. Any other documentation for work previous to this study is 

 not available in this office. However, other reports are avail- 

 able that have been conducted by Dr. Bjornn for the Walla Walla 

 District and include: 



a. Effects of reduced nighttime flows on upstream migration 

 of adult chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the lower Snake 

 River. 1977. McMaster et al. (includes Bjornn) 



b. Effects of altered flow regimes, temperatures and river 

 impoundment on adult steelhead trout and chinook salmon. 1982. 

 Stabler et al. (includes Bjornn) 



