f^laniiing Council, National 

 Marine Fisheries Service, Fed- 

 eral Energy Regulatory Commis- 

 sion, state watershed plannmg 

 agency, etc.) 



• identification of relationship to 

 otiier acti\ ities in tiie subbasin 



• identification of funding source 



• a synopsis of accomplishments or 

 failures of activity — related to 

 established goals and objectives 

 where possible 



• identification of limiting fiictors 

 or ecological processes the activ- 

 ity is designed to address 



5. Management Plan 



The management plan is the heart 

 of the subbasin plan. It sets foilh the 

 strategies that will be implemented at 

 a local level. The management plan 

 should be the last major component 

 of the subbasin plan to be developed 

 because the goals and objectives that 

 are included within it will need to 

 reflect what is learned in the assess- 

 ment and imentory work. It is 

 in the management plan that policy, 

 legal, and ecological considerations 

 are merged. The management plan 

 should have a 10-15 year horizon. 

 Management plans adopted into the 

 Council's program must be consistent 

 with the Northwest Power Act and 

 specifically section 4(h)(6) of the act. 

 Neeessai'y elements of the manage- 

 ment plan include: 



• A vision for the subbasin 



• Biological objectives for fish and 

 wildlife that: 



- are consistent with province 

 and basin level visions, objec- 

 tives, and strategics adopted in 

 the program 



- are responsive to the subbasin 

 assessment findings 



- are consistent with legal 

 rights and obligations offish 

 and wildlife agencies and tribes 



"Starting in 

 Council ir,.^..^^ .^ 

 accepting sui 



plans for adopt: 

 the program. 



with jurisdiction o\er fish and 

 wildlife in the subbasin. and 

 agreed upon by co-managers 

 in the subbasin. Where there 

 are disagreements among co- 

 managers that translate into dif- 

 fering biological objectives, the 

 ditTerences and the alternative 

 biological objectives should be 

 fully presented 



- complement the programs of 

 tribal, state and federal land 

 or water quality management 

 agencies in the subbasin 



- integrate Endangered Species 

 Act and Clean Water Act 

 requirements as ftilly as pos- 

 sible 



- have measurable outcomes 



Strategies that will be employed 

 over the tenn of the plan to meet 

 the established vision and biolog- 

 ical objectives, including: 



- an explanation linking the 

 strategies to the established 

 subbasin biological objectives 

 and vision and the subbasin 

 assessment 



- an explanation of how and why 

 the strategies presented were 

 selected over other alternative 

 strategies (e.g. passive restt)ra- 

 tion strategies v. intervention 

 strategies) 



- a prop(«ed sequence and 

 prioritization 



- additional steps required to 

 compile a more complete or 

 detailed assessment 



• A projected budget for the term of 

 the subbasin plan, including: 



- a detailed three-year imple- 

 mentation budget 



- a more general long-temi 

 (10-15 year) budget 



• A monitoring and evaluation plan 



that will show v\ hethcr the actions 

 taken to implement the subbasin 

 plan are achieving their objectives 



• Any additional steps that are 

 necessary to achieve compliance 

 with Endangered Species Act and 

 Clean Water Act requirements 

 applicable to that subbasin 



6. Developing Plans at the 

 Subbasin Level 



Starting in 2001, the Council 

 intends to begin accepting subbasin 

 level plans for adoption into the pro- 

 gram. The Council knows that this 

 schedule is veiy aggressive. How- 

 ever, there is little support in the 

 region for either several more years of 

 discussion and planning or for start- 

 ing actions that are not grounded in 

 science-based, subbasin level plans. 

 The Council believes that the first 

 attempt to develop comprehensive 

 subbasin plans must be completed as 

 soon as possible, and that improve- 

 ments can be made as new infomia- 

 tion and experience dictates. 



The Council sees subbasin plans 

 as flexible documents that will be 



Fast Fact | 



LyJ the ori^iniil salmon itinl 

 steelhead huhiuit avuihihlc in 

 the Cohimhia River Basin. 55 

 I pereent of the area and 31 per- 

 cent of the stream miles have 

 been eliminated hv dam con- 

 struction. 



2000 COLUM 



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