SECTION 1400. AMENDMENTS 



1401. THE PROBLEM 



Conaress gave the Council one year to deveiOD a progfam tnat would address the complex 

 technical, legal economic and political problems associated with the effects ol hydroelectric power 

 development on fish and wildlife m the Columbia River Basin The Council has developed a fish 

 and wildlife program which it believes responds to these problems and amended it in 1984 and 

 1987. The Council is aware, however, that this program is unlikely to please all interested parties 

 or anticipate all implementation problems The Council must be able to change the program as 

 needed if the program is to be effective Also the program must be improved on the basis of 

 evaluating program measures, research results changing technology, legal developments, efforts 

 to coordinate the Councils program with programs aimed at nonhydroelectnc effects on fish and 

 wildlife, and other significant development 



1403. COUNCIL RESPONSE 



The Council provioed for amendment of the orograr^-' through motion of the Council and on 

 recommendation of mieresied entities or maividuais The Council encourages critics of the 

 program to resolve their concerns by consulting with the Council and undertaking to amend the 

 program rather than engaging in divisive, time-consuming, and expensive court proceedings. 



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