Chemical pollutants 

 also were collected in 

 sediment, creating 

 potentially harmful 

 concentrations in reser- 

 voirs and other resident 

 fish environments. 



Our goal for fresh- 

 water fish is {o recover 

 and preserve the health of 

 fish populations that were 

 injured by the hydropower 

 system. When we can, we 

 want to make these 

 improvements where the 

 harm occurred. In places 

 where that is not feasible, 

 we will work in habitats 

 elsewhere in the Columbia 

 Basin ecosystem. ' 



We 



want 

 to learn more 

 about the 

 extent 

 of 



freshwater 

 fish losses. 



We 



e need to accelerate our efforts to 

 improve the survival of resident fish. As a 

 region, we have focused more attention on 

 salmon in recent years than on resident fish. 

 This is reflected in Bonneville financing of 

 our fish and wildlife program. Funding for 

 resident fish and wildlife mitigation 

 proceeded at low levels in the past, but we 

 expect these activities will get a higher per- 

 centage of Bonneville's fish and wildlife 

 program budget in the future. The Council 



believes that a level ^f 

 approximately 15 percent 

 of Bonneville's fish and 

 wildlife project funding is 

 an appropriate budget 

 planning target to spend on 

 resident fish, with another 

 1 5 percent spent on 

 wildlife. 



While we are concerned 

 about all weak stocks of 

 fish and wildlife in the 

 basin, we believe highest 

 priority for ratepayer- 

 financed mitigation should 

 go to weak, but recover- 

 able, native fish and 

 wildlife populations 

 injured by the hydropower 

 system. 

 We are also concerned that resident fish 

 production be carried out with the same 

 attention to protecting genetic diversity and 

 minimizing ecological impacts as is paid to 

 salmon production efforts. The program 

 includes creation of a model watershed for 

 resident fish in Montana and another in Idaho 

 above the Hells Canyon complex. These are 

 similar to model watershed efforts for 

 salmon. 



We continue to support increasing resident 

 fish populations, where salmon runs cannot be 

 rebuilt. Such substitutions have been a part 



1963 



1 



First nuclear power plant at theHanford Nuclear Reser- 

 vation in Washington, ending the "all-hydropowerera" 

 in the Northwest. 



1963 



Columbia River Treaty between the United States and Canada 

 signed to coordinate water storage in the upper Columbia Basin 

 and maximize power production in the United States. 



