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MERfesiyKi 



May 30, 1995 



Mr, Wiliam SleBe 



Re9»oal Director 



hteiional Marine Fts^ertes Servtea 



7600 Sand Point Way N.E. 



$eani«,WA9eti5 



DearWiB, 



The SnaKfl River Salmon Fteccrydfy Teain (the Team) has reviewed th« 

 March version of th« Proposed NMFS Ftecovefy Plan. This lecer is to convey tfw 

 Team's mone ifTtportant conwrents on NNfl=^S' propoeed recovery actions. 



The Team supports much of the draft Reoavcry Ptar. Your Ptan 

 embraces most d the Recovery Team's firal rocomm»ndatioos thai oal for the 

 use of indepenoant sderrtrfic reviews to <iesk^ and ov^A^sia recovofy rnethods 

 and implement the concept of adaptive management Under ttw ptan we shouJd 

 Qfatan signrtcam new irrtoTTHtion thai wll alow us to undeoctand more fuify ftow 

 augmerrtatioo. spill, transportation, irwiver miflratJon and the benefits ot surface 

 ooiiecxora. 



Our general support shouJd not be understood to negate tt^ senousness 

 of some of our differences. Moreover, some of the <SfferefK»s tietween oor 

 sut)mi6S30n of Rnal RecomrrwrKlatJons and tt^ current proposais from NMFS 

 have b«en axacert^atad wiifx more recant sciermM iniormetton and corrtiming 

 analysis. 



