V_y ur new charge was 

 more extensive. We were 

 asked to look at all impacts 

 on salmon and devise a 

 comprehensive, regionally 

 accepted and economically 

 balanced salmon recovery 

 strategy. 



We worked closely with 

 the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service in devel- 

 oping this strategy, and the 

 Service used it as the foun- 

 dation for the draft Snake 

 River salmon recovery plan 

 developed in 1993 under 

 the Endangered Species 

 Act. 



The Council is uniquely 

 situated to devise a re- 

 gional salmon plan. We are a regional 

 planning agency. We represent the states and 

 Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and 

 Washington. 



The Northwest Power Act directs us to de- 

 velop our fish and wildlife program with the 

 assistance of others, particularly state and fed- 

 eral fish and wildlife agencies and Indian 

 tribes. This is what we have done. 



Xhe goal of the 

 salmon strategy 

 is to double 

 Columbia River 

 Basin 



adult salmon 

 populations 

 without losing 

 biological 

 diversity. 



Double the runs 



The principal goal of 

 the salmon strategy in this 

 fish and wildlife program 

 is to double Columbia 

 River Basin adult salmon 

 populations without losing 

 the biological diversity 

 that now exists. A balance 

 must be struck between 

 multiplying numbers of 

 fish and preserving the sur- 

 vival traits and other 

 characteristics inherent in 

 salmon that spawn natu- 

 rally in our waters. ' 



T 



X his strategy also estab- 

 lishes numerical targets for 

 rapidly rebuilding salmon 

 runs in the Snake River Basin, where the 

 salmon decline is most dramatic. For Snake 

 River spring chinook, that rebuilding target is 

 50,000 adult salmon returning to the Snake i 



1846 



Oregon Country border established ttirough treaty with England. 

 Oregon Territory established by Congress in 1848. 



1855 



Treaties signed between the U.S. ' 

 government and tribes. "The right of 

 taking fish at usual and accus- 

 j! tomed grounds. ..is further 



secured to said Indians, " 

 the treaties say 



