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<br />A <br />'c Call for. . <br />.oOpel!atloIl <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />- , I, <br /> <br />F <br /> <br />/ , <br /> <br />or more than 50 years, <br />Northwesterners have <br />enjoy~d the benefits of <br />the Columbia River systein- <br />electricity, irrigated farms, river <br />navigation, flood control,recre- <br />ational opportvrnties and more--'- <br />at a cost that doesnit account fq! the <br />loss of salmon and other creatures <br />that relied on the river for their sur- . <br />vival. <br />But regional attitudes Clnd laws <br />have changed. The Northwest <br />Power Act, for example, orders -.... <br />, that fish and wildlife of the Colurribia <br />River Basin be protected "and en- <br />,hanced because they were. dam- . <br />aged by the dams. The cost <br />of rebuilding tl}ese fish _ . <br />and w,il<;llife popula- <br />tions is part of the <br />cost of electricity <br />from these dams. <br /> <br />, The Act further requires that we treat the <br />entire Columbia River Basin as a single <br />~ystem when we design our program of <br />recovery. <br />. To save the salmon, we must consider <br />their :well-being whenever our actions <br />intersect with theirs, We must <br />change the way we ope:tate our <br />dams, irrigate our farms, ship <br />our corrupodities and fish in our <br />waters. <br />'This salmon strategy was <br />. crafted with all'of these <br />elements in mind. It is <br />, designed t~ help <br />gUide the regional <br />transition to Cl more <br />conscientious future, one <br />. in which the salmon can <br />. thrive without hobbling our <br />economy, and the economy can <br />flourish without killing off the fish, <br /> <br /> <br />1958 <br />,. A/( non-)ndian commercial fishing <br />above Bonneville Dam is closed. <br /> <br /> <br />. ) <br /> <br />~ . <br /> <br />31 <br />