SECTION 1500. FIVE-YEAR ACTION PLAN: 



1987-1991^ 



1501. THE PROBLEM 



As adopted m T982. me Council s CoiumOia River Basin Fisn and Wildlife Progrann contained 

 more than 220 action items It included deadlines for completion of some of tnose action items. 

 Otherwise, it left the details of implementation to Bonneville, the other federal implementing 

 agencies, and the fish and wildlife agencies and tribes Unfortunately those entities experienced 

 difficulty in agreeing on the appropriate sequence for implementation, scheduling priorities, 

 objectives and mechanisms for measuring progress and evaluating results. Many of these issues 

 cont+fitje4G-plagued program implementation Consequently, implementation of some measures 

 has-been-was delayed while interested parties deoated priorities. Given the number of program 

 measures and the complexity of their implementation and funding, designation of interim objectives 

 and more definite scheduling direction clearly afe-was warranted. 



In the 1984 amendments to the program, the five-year action plan (section 1500) was 

 added to provide interim objectives and scheduling direction. In the 1986 amendment 

 process, this section was refined, and the applicable duration was extended to 1991. 



[Source Council staff,] 



9,, The Council staff has reprinted the five-year action plan in full m this draft because of its 

 importance m identifying appropriate levels of effon through 1991 



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