significantly by scientific uncertainty should' be cfesigned where possible, as experimental probes 

 of the natural system so that monitoring can test the effectiveness of measures as quickly and 

 unamoiguously as the natural system permitS- 



Adaptive management is a scientific policy It expresses a conscious effort to improve fish 

 and wildlife management usmg elements of this program as experiments that can return valuable 

 information not otherwise oDiamaDie Aaaptive management is not a rationale for acting without 

 scientific justification nor is n a rubric withm which any measure can be labeled "experimental" m 

 the sense that otner measures snouid oe delayea penomg the results of actions already underway 

 Adaptive management explicitly states a bias toward taking action for protection and 

 enhancement, but it is not a substitute tor meeting the legal, economic, and coordination 

 requirements of the Northwest Power Act and this program. 



The Council is mindful that a scientifically sophisticated approach to implementation will 

 require extensive consultation review by the scientific community and appraisal of the utility of 

 adaptive management within each of the program s principal sections lfi-l+ght-of-the-bastfiw*€)e- 

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