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Building new 

 hatcheries to 

 boost the 

 number of 

 upriver game 

 fish 



Kokanee salmon 

 eggs, Cabinet 

 Gorge Hatchery, 

 Sandpoint, Idaho 



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Where the Ratepayers' 

 Money Goes 



Item 



Average 



Annual Cost 



(in millions) 



$35-50 



Repayments to the U.S. 

 Treasury. 



Since 1937, ratepayers — through Bonneville 

 — have been paying back the federal Treasury 

 a growing amount — now nearly half a billion 

 dollars — spent to build some 20 fish ladders, 

 screens and hatcheries at several Columbia 

 River dams. Repayments include about $20 mil- 

 lion each year for the money the Corps of 

 Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation and the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spend to operate 

 and maintain those facilities. 



Power Losses. 



$40-60 



Bonneville also foregoes power revenues to 

 spill water at dams or to increase flows through 

 the reservoirs for young fish. This figure varies 

 according to how much water is available and 

 how much hydroelectric power is worth. 



The Program. $25 



In addition, Bonneville is responsible for 

 more than half the Program. Empowered 

 under the Act to help fish and wildlife, Bonne- 

 ville has spent more than $83 million over the 

 past five years on 253 fish and wildlife projects. 

 In 1986 alone, some $25 million was spent on 

 112 specific efforts. 



Total 



$100-135 



In total, fish and wildlife is costing ratepay- 

 ers an average of $117.5 million a year or about 

 4 percent of Bonneville's total operating 

 revenues. 



July 1987 



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