right at Ringold Hatchery in Washington. 



■ Develop feasibility study for reintroduction 

 of sockeye into appropriate production areas. 



■ Research improvements in cryopreservation 

 technology and develop applications to 

 preserve salmon eggs for future use. 



Protect and restore habitat 



■ Give highest priority to habitat protection 

 and improvement in areas of the Columbia 

 Basin where there is low productivity or low 

 survival offish. 



■ Focus habitat improvement projects on 

 approaches that involve local landowners and 

 governments. 



■ Develop habitat performance standards that 

 acknowledge and incorporate local characteris- 

 tics for each watershed in the basin. 



■ Expand the cooperative approach to total 

 watershed salmon habitat and production 

 improvements. 



■ Complete prioritized list of tributary screen- 

 ing and passage projects for expeditious action. 

 Install by end of 1995. 



■ Use private sector as well as public 

 resources to ensure timely construction and 

 installation of priority screens and water 

 measuring devices at water diversions in 

 salmon rearing areas. 



■ Inspect all underwater diversions in the 

 mainstem Columbia and Snake rivers to 

 determine whether screens that deflect fish 

 from the intakes are installed and operating. 



■ Identify and protect permanent riparian 

 management areas. Promote revegetation 

 where it is needed. 



■ Give high priority to voluntary property 

 easements as a means of protecting salmon 

 habitat and low priority to government 

 acquisition of property. 



■ Review and, if necessary, improve water 

 quantity and quality standards and mining laws 

 to promote salmon productivity. 



■ Land managers should pay special attention 

 to insect infestations that may kill trees, lead to 

 catastrophic fires and, in turn, result in 

 increased erosion that damages salmon habitat. 



■ Consider expanding the Columbia River 



Estuary Bi-State Study on water quality to 

 include all of the Columbia River Basin. 



■ Study the feasibility of installing devices to 

 control the temperature of water discharged 

 from Cougar and Blue River dams on the 

 McKenzie River and Detroit Dam on the 

 Santiam River. , 



■ Revise livestock management plans on 

 federal lands for riparian enhancement. 



■ Secure funding and select watersheds for- 

 water conservation demonstration projects. 



■ Complete a regional assessment of water 

 availability in the Columbia River Basin. 



■ Provide power or reimbursement for power 

 costs for Umatilla Basin Project water 

 exchange. 



■ Establish funding for state coordinators to 

 implement watershed management. 



■ Streamline procedures for funding priority 

 habitat projects. 



Monitor and evaluate 



■ Conduct independent and scientific review 

 of the amended fish and wildlife program, 

 including its cost-effectiveness and biological 

 impacts. 



■ Develop analytical tools to respond to 

 critical uncertainties. 



■ Publish results from studies performed ' 

 through this program. Conduct an annual 

 symposium on these results. 



■ Implement Coordinated Information 

 System. 



■ Develop project data base to track projects, 

 h Determine range, limiting factors, spawning 

 and rearing habitat, genetic structure and popu- 

 lation status of Snake River fall chinook and 

 develop experimental design for supplementing 

 Snake River fall chinook. 



■ Monitor life history and survival of Snake 

 River spring, summer and fall chinook. 



■ Submit schedule and work plan for develop- 

 ment of rebuilding schedules for other regional 

 stocks. 



■ Submit final list of recommended popula- ' 

 tions for biodiversity base line. 



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