Strategy : 



Salmon 



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Salmon: 



The price of prosperity 



The price for the region's prosperity is 

 being paid by people, businesses and river 

 communities that once thrived on salmon. It 

 is a price reahzed in lost jobs, business fail- 

 ures and lost community income from 

 business investments and tourism. 



It is a price that hits Columbia 

 Basin Indian tribes particu 

 larly hard. Salmon are 

 important to the tribes 

 for religious, cultural, 

 economic and subsis- 

 tence purposes. Some 

 tribes are guaranteed the 

 right to fish for Columbia 

 salmon by treaties with the ' 

 United States dating to 1855. 



We can rebuild salmon popu- 

 lations in the Columbia Basin if 

 we act quickly, carefully and 





cooperatively. And we can accomplish this 

 goal without eliminating other uses of the 

 river, or jeopardizing our efficient and 

 ,i economical supply of electricity. 



What follows is a comprehensive 

 strategy that calls on everyone in the 

 Northwest to help us double the size 

 of salmon runs in ways that ensure 



continued re- 

 turns for 



many genera- 

 tions. Salmon 

 rebuilding efforts 

 must address every 

 stage of the salmon life 

 cycle if they are to be effec- 

 tive. Otherwise, our region could 

 invest millions of dollars on a few as- 

 pects of the problem, while salmon are still 

 killed because of other problems. 





First farm irrigation systems installed 

 adjacent to missions near Walla Walla, 

 Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho. 





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