'(B)' The Council supports th>e funding of the barges, equipment, facilities and other 

 • expenses necessary to conduct the annual smolt transportation program, 

 including full transportation, if -in accordance with the provisions developed by 

 '"'"■ the fish and wildlife agencies and tribes. [Source Council.] 



(C) Tne Corps of Engineers shali conduct studies tc evaluate and improve the success of 

 juvenile fish transportation ifansp0f?-ODefat*on5 at Lower Granite. Littie Goose, and 

 McNarv dams The evaluation studies should place particular emphasis on 

 identifying the transportation benefits for spring (yearling) Chinook salmon. 

 These studies shall be designed to yield results with a high degree of statistical 

 reliability and to evaluate the effects of collection site, inriver passage 

 conditions, and post-release survival on the benefit ratio of transported and 

 nontransported fish. Study designs shall be developed jointly with the fish and 

 wildlife agencies and tribes and as part of a five-year research work plan on 

 transportation (see section 205(d) and action item 39.06). These shall be 

 consistent with the research policies specified in section 205. These-studtes-shaH- 

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