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1993 FWOC RESOLUTION #5

_SALMON RESTORATION ON THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER_

The need to restore salmon and steelhead runs on the upper Columbia River and its tributaries warrants a federal feasibility study as to how to bring this about. New methods of encouraging fish runs now make this technically possible.

Salmon and steelhead have lived in the upper Columbia River waters for more than 15,000 years until the turn of this century when human structures -- dams -- on the Spokane River and then on the Columbia stopped their return home to spawn.

It has been demonstrated on Colville Tribal lands that step pools circumventing obstructions can allow steelhead and salmon to return to their upstream spawning habitats. Runs can be reestablished on the Sanpoil, Spokane, Latah, and Kettle Rivers.

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs requests (FWOC) requests that President Clinton authorize the appropriate agency or agencies to conduct a technical feasibility study looking towards the restoration of these fish runs on the Upper Columbia River and its tributaries.

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