Initially, there was resistance from the federal 

 Office of Management and Budget. Screens 

 for the big dams are big themselves, and ex- 

 pensive. But the region and Congress support 

 screening the dams, and the work should be 

 completed by March 1998. 



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ext, we focus on installing screens at 

 water diversions. Because there are so many 

 unscreened diversions — literally thousands 

 — we ask fishery managers to accelerate 

 screening projects in priority areas where 

 there are depleted salmon runs. This will help 

 ensure timely construction and installation 

 where the need is greatest. 



I n t e r m e d 



a t e 



ACTIONS 



a t 



t he D a m, s 



Drawck)wn 



Increase the speed of the river 

 current by lowering the reser- 

 voirs behind the four lower 

 Snake River dams and John 

 Day Dam. 



Seasonal Power Exchanges 

 Increase river flows by selling 

 hydroelectricity to the South- 

 west in summer, when power 

 use is highest there, and buy- 

 ing it back in winter. 



torage 

 Increase water storage in the 

 upper Snake River Basin to 

 help boost flows for migrat- 

 ing salmon. 



Water "Conservation 

 Conserve water in the Colum- 

 bia and Snake basins, thus 

 leaving more water in the riv- 

 ers for salmon. 



1912 



Ocean commercial trolling for salmon begins off the mouth of the 

 Columbia. By 1919, there are more than 1,000 trolling boats. 



1915 



Washington and Oregon form Columbia River Fish 

 Compact to regulate commercial fishing in the river 



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