• Seek an Agreement or Executive Order Requiring Federal Agency Consistency 

 With a Single Fish and WUdlife Plan. 



An interagency agreement would help ensure that federal implementing agencies 

 take full advantage of existing laws to act consistently with a single salmon recovery 

 program and other aspects of fish and wildlife management. Presumably this would be 

 the Council's plan (modified through the cooperative process of convening sovereigns as 

 suggested here). If there is doubt about the legal capacity of the agencies to enter such an 

 agreement, or if any of the agencies is reluctant, an Executive Order should be sought. 



• Initiate Coordination with Watershed Programs. 



Habitat improvements should be coordinated as much as possible through local 

 watershed efforts. The Council's model watershed program and watershed programs of 

 basin states and some federal agencies are good examples. Without legislation, the 

 Council and others could agree to coordinate these activities to promote and enhance 

 basin-wide compatibility. 



• Establish a Combined Approach for the Distribution and Programming of 

 Available Funding. 



The recent budget agreement between Bonneville and the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service is a first step toward a coordinated approach to planning and 

 administering fish and wildlife funding. The broad commitment of all affected 

 sovereigns is needed to ensure that this agreement is implemented, and to pursue further 

 coordination of budgeting and accounting. One possibility is the establishment of a cost- 

 sharing account to include all the Bonneville Power Administration, federal, state, tribal 

 and private funds available for salmon recovery, enhancement and habitat mitigation. 



• Use an Independent Science Entity. 



Independent scientific advice should be available to provide decision makers with 

 an unbiased foundation for recovery efforts. A scientific advisory entity should be 

 established by agreement of the sovereigns. 



• A Monitoring Program for Plan Implementation Should be Established. 



The Council could establish a program to monitor all necessary aspects of 

 implementation of its plans (presumably a combined plan as agreed by all parties). It 

 could utilize annual performance audits. The results of this monitoring should lead to 

 plan revisions and changes in the funding and delivery of implementation efforts. 



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