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want implemen- 

 tors of this program to 

 look at whole watersheds, 

 not just individual stream 

 reaches. We want to see 

 habitat cared for in ways 

 that help sustain the broad- 

 est range of species. We 

 want the full life cycles of 

 fish and wildlife to be 

 studied and enhanced. We 

 are encouraged by coop- 

 erative efforts already 

 under way throughout the 

 basin, where private land- 

 owners are working with 

 government entities and 

 volunteers to repair land 

 so fish and wildlife can 

 once again thrive there. 

 These are the sorts of actions we'd like to 

 see replicated. 



Within this program, individual efforts 

 are .prioritized, coordinated and integrated. 

 Some of the actions reflect the emergency 

 created by the salmon's decline. Others are 

 less urgent and can be implemented over 

 time. All are designed to systematically in- 

 crease the region's understanding of the fish 

 and wildlife recovery process — what works 

 and what doesn't. 



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want habitat 

 cared for 

 in ways 

 that help 

 sustain 

 the broadest 

 range of 

 species. 



Prograni goals 



Specific goals of our 

 program include: 



■ Double salmon runs in 

 the basin, without loss of 

 biological diversity; 



■ Develop rebuilding 

 targets for all stocks of 

 fish in the basin; 

 i Recover and preserve 

 the health of fish and 

 wildlife populations that ' 

 were injured by the 

 hydropower system, where 

 feasible, and mitigate 

 losses of fish and wildlife 

 elsewhere in the Columbia 

 Basin ecosystem; 



■ Give highest priority to 

 weak, but recoverable, native fish and wildlife 

 populations injured by the hydropower 

 system; 



■ Rebuild native species of fish and wildlife 

 in native habitats, where feasible, but do this 

 in a way that avoids impacts on existing 

 populations; 



■ For wildlife, achieve and sustain levels of 

 habitat and species productivity that fully 

 mitigate losses resulting from the 

 construction and operation of both federal 

 and non-federal dams. 



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"An Indian gave me a piece of fresh salmon roasted, which 

 I ate with relish. This was thS first salmon I had seen. " 



—Captain fJleriwether Lewis, August 3 



