Interim Goals and Objectives 



Goal 1: Increase the quantity and quality of salmon and steelhead produced In the 

 Columbia River Basin. 



The Council has adopted an action plan which reflects the Congressional expectations that 

 this program will emphasize prompt action over unnecessary study and delay The Council has 

 included five-vear action items from the anadromous fish resident fish, and wildlife sections of the 

 program However it will give preference m the next *ive years to anadroirious fish measures, m 

 light of the jeopardized state of salmon and steelhead stocks and their special social and economic 

 importance to the region and the nation See 16 U S C 839b(6) As a result the primary goal of 

 the five-year action plan is to direct action on those measures which are most likely to increase the 

 number and quality of salmon and steelhead produced The Council believes that goal can best be 

 accomplished by selecting action items that meet the following objectives; 



Improve Survival at Mainstem Hydroelectric Facilities. 



Mamstem survival clearly is a key objective of the Northwest Power Act which specifically 

 directed the Council to adopt program measures which provide for improved survival of 

 [anadromous] fish at hydroelectric facilities .. " 16 U S C 839bih)(6)(E)(i) Mamsiem passage plans 

 and improvements also are crucial lo the success of all program measures Witnout those 

 improvements, the benefits of offsite and tributary worK will be diminished or nullified Because 

 many of these improvements entail major capital expenditures, timely budgeting will be the mam 

 challenge. 



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