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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Annual Implementation Work
Plan (AIWP) for Fiscal Year (FY) 1990 presents Bonneville Power
Administration's plans for implementing the Columbia River Basin Fish and
Wildlife Program (Program) in FY 1990.   The AIWP focuses on individual Action
Items found in the 1987 Program for which Bonneville Power Administration
(BPA) has determined that it has authority and responsibility to implement.
Each of the entries in the AIWP includes objectives, background, and progress
to date in achieving those objectives, and a summary of plans for
implementation in FY 1990. Most Action Items are implemented through one or
more BPA-funded projects.   Each Action Item entry is followed by a list of
completed, ongoing, and planned projects, along with objectives, results,
schedules, and milestones for each project.
In October 1988, BPA and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority
(CBFWA) initiated a collaborative and cooperative Implementation Planning
Process (IPP) which provided opportunities in FY 1989 for the agencies and
Tribes to be involved in planning the implementation of the Program in
FY 1990.  This planning process contributed to the development of this year's
draft AIWP. The joint BPA/CBFWA IPP will continue. During FY 1990, when
FY 1991 implementation will be planned, the Scientific Review Group (SRG),
will be available to participate in the IPP. A major effort during FY 1990
will be to bring the SRG and the Policy Review Group (PRG) to maturity and to
synchronize implementation planning with the prescribed IPP schedule.
The FY 1990 AIWP emphasizes continuation of 137 Program projects, tasks, or
task orders, most of which involve protection, mitigation, or enhancement of
anadromous fishery resources.  The FY 1990 AIWP also describes 36 new Program
projects or tasks that are planned to start in FY 1990. However, a number of
these FY 1990 new projects were still under review by the PRG as the AIWP went
to press. The new projects still under review have been noted in Table 2, New
FY 1990 Program Projects, and in the text of the AIWP.
These continuing and new activities in FY 1990 are summarized briefly by
Program or technical area:
Mainstem Passage: BPA-funded projects will continue to support the smolt
marking and monitoring program, the Fish Passage Center, and management of
the Water Budget (pp. 31-39).  BPA will continue to implement seven
projects in the Reservoir Mortality and Water Budget Effectiveness
Research Area of Emphasis (pp. 118-122), as agreed upon through ad hoc
negotiation with the fishery agencies and Tribes.   Three new research Area
of Emphasis projects (pp. 122-123) are expected to begin in FY 1990.
Artificial Propagation:   The aim of this Program area is primarily to
investigate ways to increase the quality and quantity of fish produced in
hatcheries.  In FY 1990, BPA will continue to implement 17 ongoing
Hatchery Effectiveness and Fish Disease Technical Work Group (TWG)
Five-Year Work Plan research projects (pp. 124-136). Other continuing
hatchery effectiveness/fish health projects include development and